About

DANSE MACABRE

Danse Macabre is a dark luxury costumed ball. It's always organised on Halloween (or shortly before/after) .The first edition which was dedicated to the "Noble Blood Vampires" was organised in a neo Gothic church in the historic city of Ghent, Belgium in 2011. Due to it's overwhelming succes, Viona decided to take the ball home and to organise it in her private Victorian hunting mansion situated in a dark forest in East Germany. (between Hannover and Berlin)

Danse Macabre is now going for it's 6th edition. For every event, Viona carefully selects a variety of unique artists from all over Europe to perform and enchant the guests. Viona's events are always themed and have a specific dress code. Mostly the dress codes refer to a historic style, a legend or mysterious fairytale character.

A big team of enthusiastic crew members guarantee that every event will be a fairytale come true for it's visitors, a magic that exists for just one night!

Viona ielegems

Contemporary fine art photographer, dark fantasy visionaire and leader of the neo-historical scene worldwide with over 10 years of experience in organising high-end extravaganza events, inspiring people from all over the world to live their dreams.

Viona is a Belgian artist, she studied photography in Antwerp and graduated in 2003. She now lives and works in a sumptuous 19th century hunting lodge, in the depth of the dark forests between Hannover and Berlin, Germany. For the past 10 years, she has been working as a fairytale photographer and fantasy costume designer. Her aim is to draw people into her magical world, where possibilities are only limited by one’s own imagination.
Over this decade, her work has influenced many fans, followers, other photographers, and the fashion industry worldwide, who have watched closely how she transforms her ideas into pictures, costumes and events. Viona’s events have inspired people to organise their own, similar events, in countries including France, United Kingdom, Italy, Brazil, USA and Mexico.

After a break in organising events, Viona revives Danse Macabre for it's 6th edition! Halloween will be THE event of the year once again!