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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.

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

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Generation XIII

Episode 2. Who would have thought that we couldn’t touch anymore?

March 09, 2021 • Delphine Hesters • Season 1 • Episode 7

Halfway into the first school year at P.A.R.T.S., the creation of a solo and the first intense theatre workshop push the students into new territories. The Coronavirus then hits Brussels and forces the school to close its doors. Just when friendships have started to take root, the group is forced to scatter. Some students return to their families in different parts of the world, while others have no choice but to stay in Brussels. How to dance when others have to be kept at a distance? How to move in a bedroom of 8m2? How to learn through a 13” screen and with all your peers far away?

Classes and music featured in this Episode: 1. Contemporary technique, Laura Aris, to Sleeping Up of David Byrne 2. Theatre workshop, group guided by Eva Schram 3. Ballet, Libby Far, to live piano by Pieter Smout 4. Contemporary technique (online), Diane Madden 5. Artistic Practice (online), Alexander Vantournhout, to Meteor Crater Part One of Andrea Belfi 6. Gyro Ballet (online), Libby Far, to live piano by Pieter Smout 7. Contemporary technique (in Dudenpark), David Hernandez, to Let’s Stay of Hector Plimmer

P.A.R.T.S.

Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel

Concertgebouw Brugge

Kaaitheater

STUK

Dansens Hus Oslo

Etcetera

De Singel

Vlaamse Gemeenschap

PACT Zollverein

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