Generation XIII
A three-year journey into the lives of five students at P.A.R.T.S., the renowned school for contemporary dance in Brussels. Through interviews and voicenotes recorded on their mobile phones, we follow Kia from New Zealand, Zoé from France, Marlla from Brazil, Renátó from Hungary and Eleni from Greece. Each episode covers a semester at P.A.R.T.S., from September 2019 until their graduation in the Summer of 2022.
Generation XIII is as much about dance as it is about the thrill and challenges of starting a new life, of learning and working hard, of homesickness, coming to grips with cultural differences, seizing life, forging friendships and having fun.
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Concept, realisation and editing: Delphine Hesters
Coaching: Nele Eeckhout (Audiocollectief SCHIK)
Mixing: Brecht Plasschaert
Theme music: Carlos Garbin
Visuals: Davy Denduyver, based on drawings by Jeanne Colin & Killian Madeleine
Production: Delphine Hesters
Coproduction: P.A.R.T.S., Concertgebouw Brugge, Kaaitheater, PACT Zollverein, STUK, Dansens Hus Oslo, DESINGEL, Etcetera
With the support of: Vlaamse Gemeenschap, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel
Podcasting since 2021 • 12 episodes
Generation XIII
Latest Episodes
Epilogue. Looking back and 10 years into the future
Three years of training at P.A.R.T.S. are over. Three years captured in the six Episodes of this podcast. In the Epilogue, we look back one more time. On a sunny Sunday in June 2022, Eleni, Renátó, Marlla and Zoé gathered around Delphine’s livi...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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48:46
Episode 6. The resilient generation
The last straight line to graduation! The regular classes will soon be over. These final months are dedicated to creations with guest choreographers, personal projects and the realization of the students' Exiiit Festival. Throughout th...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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58:28
Episode 5. We don’t have a map to follow
The start of the third and final year at P.A.R.T.S.: time to take in everything the school still has to offer. But also to prepare for what is to follow: professional life. Equally exciting as daunting. Although Corona has been consigned to the...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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47:20
Episode 4. I know myself better, thanks to Corona
The turn of the year marks a low point in the students’ resilience and morale. The school has lost the sense of home it previously gave them. With little to engage with outside of P.A.R.T.S. and with the diversity of the problems of the student...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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46:50
Episode 3. Adapt, adapt, adapt
After more than five months apart, the students of Generation XIII reunite in Brussels - both elated and uncomfortable, due to the mandatory face masks, the 1.5m distance rule and the impossibility of giving spontaneous hugs. At the st...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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44:49