Dirk Decloedt
As an independent show director, conceptual designer and video artist and with his extensive audio-visual talent and expertise, Dirk Decloedt has garnered widespread respet and acclaim. From Beijing to Broadway, from fashion to fantasy, Decloedt’s restless creative mind has signed for a wide variety of shows, video content and concepts.
Fascinated by the combination of both live spectacle and the virtual worlds of motion graphics, Dirk Decloedt relies on 25 years of experience and an education ranging from philosophy and cultural studies over video art and film directing to fashion design.
Franco Dragone – former director of Cirque du Soleil – commissioned him in 2003 the development and artistic direction of the video content for A New Day, the Celine Dion Show in Las Vegas. Their sucessful collaboration continued with Dirk Decloedt commissioned as Conceptual Designer and/or Show Director in numerous worldwide famous shows as Le Rêve in Las Vegas (2005), The House of Dancing Water in Macau (2007), Calatrava’s train station opening in Belgium (2009), Story of a Fort, Legacy of a Nation, in Abu Dhabi (2013), or The Han Show in China (2014).
Furthermore, Dirk Decloedt’s concepts include shows for French designer Philippe Starck (2000), the American Mind Freak Criss Angel (2004), (the late) Broadway icons Cy Coleman and Larry Gelbart and Hollywood’s multiple acclaimed Alan and Marilyn Bergman (2004-2006), Radio City Music Hall (Christmas Spectacular 2006), British singer-songwriter Sting (2006), Britney Spears for her Circus World Tour (2009), and the open air show for the 25 th anniversary of VTM (2014).
