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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 1. This school is about the students

March 09, 2021 • Delphine Hesters • Season 1 • Episode 6

September 2019: the 40 students of Generation XIII gather on the school premises with great enthusiasm and nervous giggles for the start of their training program at P.A.R.T.S. In this first episode, we learn what is specific to the school and how classes like ballet, performance analysis and rhythm present each of our five protagonists with their own, different challenges. It’s about the thrill and uncertainties of the start of a new life. How to find your bearings in a new city and within a new community while missing your loved ones back home? How to unlearn what you have previously been taught and start building anew?

Classes and music featured in this Episode: 1. Contemporary technique, David Hernandez, to Havana Rhythm Dance of Auntie Flo ft Andrew Ashong 2. Singing, Lucy Grauman 3. Rhythm, Michel Debrulle 4. Contemporary technique, Laura Aris, to Another White Bird of Wovenhand 5. Music analysis, Mattijs Van Damme, to Quatuor VII ‘Opentime’ 21 variations Pour Quatuor à Cordes of Pascal Dusapin, played by Arditti Quartet 6. Ballet, Janet Panetta, to live piano by Pieter Smout

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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