La Compagnie Folklorique Fanny Thibout 
et les Tiesses di Hoye

Founded by the late Fanny Thibout, of Liège origine, professor in body expression and rhytm, the dance company started in 1936 by a collaboration with a Liège choir " A Capella " for a folklore festival in Nice, France.

Since 1936 Fanny Thbout searched the Walloon provinces, especially the Ardennes, Condroz and the Land of Herve to look for old dances and tunes still known by the old people. After 1945 Fanny took up her pilgrim's staff again and founded " La Compagnie Folklorique " in its present form.

In 1970 she was co-founder of CIOFF and later she was elected honora ry member of this organisation

In 1974, during the Year of the Childhood, she started the children's group " Les Tiesses di Hoye ", thus recreating the folklore of the children.

Since 1946 « La Compagnie Folklorique Fanny Thibout » and « Les Tiesses di Hoye » have strolled through Europe. But they have also made presentations in Japan in 1972, in the USA in 1976, in Puerto Rico in 1978 and 1982, in Canada in 1986 and in Turkey in 1993.