GRIP was founded in 2014 by choreographer and dancer Jan Martens and company manager Klaartje Oerlemans.
From 2023 on, GRIP choreographers Femke Gyselinck, Jan Martens, Cherish Menzo, and Steven Michel act together as artistic directors. They do so in close dialogue with Klaartje Oerlemans and Rudi Meulemans, who coordinates and facilitates the dialogue between the four makers in his role of artistic coordinator.

GRIP is a nomadic structure. GRIP does not have a studio of its own, but makes use of the existing infrastructure in the performing arts landscape by forging alliances with theatres, co-producers, production companies and residency venues. The creations always emerge in different spaces and in interaction with the different professional contexts.

GRIP is a non-profit organisation active in several countries. The ‘vereniging zonder winstoogmerk’ is based in Antwerp, Belgium. GRIP receives structural subsidies from the Government of Flanders and has several international co-producers as well as many partners in Europe and North America.

The visual DNA of GRIP on this website is composed by the following artists: Andrea Casetti, Aslı Çiçek, Bas de Brouwer, Cédric Charlier, Daniel Smedeman, Elke Verachtert, Els Mommaerts, Stijn Pauwels, Erwan Fichou, Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker, Hans Meijer, Jan Fedinger, Joris van Oosterwijk, JustTatty.com, Klaartje Lambrechts, Laetitia Bica, Lila John, Luis Xertu, Mélanie Musisi, Morgana Machado Marques, Nel Maertens, Nick Mattan, Niels Runderkamp, Paul Sixta, Phile Deprez, Robbrecht Desmet, Sarah&Charles, Sofie Durnez, Stanislav Dobák, Tatchatrin Choeychom, Thomas Vermaercke, Valérie Hellebaut, Veronika Vimpelova, Yaqine Hamzaoui, Yema Gieskes.

The group portrait and individual portraits of the choreographers on this website are by Laetitia Bica.