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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 start of the school year, the mood is defined not only by the Corona pandemic, but also by the Black Lives Matter manifesto that students had addressed to P.A.R.T.S. just before the summer.  This will be a year of adaptation, bubbles, quarantines and sub-bubbles... and a short escape to La Palma. Living in constant uncertainty, the pressure on the mental wellbeing of these youngsters is high. How to deal with a pandemic, far from home, while keeping your focus on your schoolwork?  Classes and music featured in this Episode: 1. Workshop Rosas repertory Drumming, Taka Shamoto, Ursula Robb, Clinton Stringer and Sue-Yeon Youn, to Drumming of Steve Reich, performed by Ictus 2. Contemporary technique, Alesandra Seutin, to live music of Zouratié Koné 3. Ballet, Libby Far, to live piano by Pieter Smout 4. Contemporary technique workshop Trisha Brown, Diane Madden 5. Workshop Flying Low, David Zambrano 6. Students practicing on Suena of Ondatrópica  P.A.R.T.S. Concertgebouw Brugge Kaaitheater PACT Zollverein STUK De Singel Dansens Hus Oslo Etcetera Vlaamse Gemeenschap Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel

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 students highlighted, tensions can run high. But through this hardship, friendships also become more profound. And the students experience that growing up is first and foremost: learning to live with yourself.  Classes and music featured in this Episode: 1. Rhythm, Michael Schmid 2. Contemporary technique, Laura Aris, to music of Roger Marín 3. Singing, Lucy Grauman, Ach Elslein, Lieber Elslein of Ludwig Senfl 4. Workshop Cunningham technique, Cédric Andrieux, to live piano by Pieter Smout 5. Ballet, Douglas Becker, to live piano of Bart Van Bulck 6. Contemporary technique, Cassiel Gaube 7. Trio presentation of Zoé, Eleni and Macarena, to Joseph Haydn string quartet The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, live by Ellen Van Neste, Ine Van Dyck, Saar Van Bergen and Emiel Vertongen 8. Rhythm,  Kaja Farszky on triangle 9. Contemporary technique, Laura Aris, to music of Samir Kadribašić for Under The Eyelids of Zagreb Dance Company  * We are still waiting for the permission to use A Love Supreme by John Coltrane in this Episode. As soon as we get it, a new version will be uploaded.   P.A.R.T.S. Concertgebouw Brugge Kaaitheater PACT Zollverein STUK De Singel Dansens Hus Oslo Etcetera Vlaamse Gemeenschap Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel

Meet Kia Jewell from New Zealand  P.A.R.T.S. Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel Concertgebouw Brugge Kaaitheater STUK Dansens Hus Oslo De Singel Etcetera PACT Zollverein Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Meet Marllon Araújo from Brazil P.A.R.T.S. Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel Concertgebouw Brugge Kaaitheater STUK Dansens Hus Oslo De Singel Etcetera PACT Zollverein Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Meet Zoé Lakhnati from France. P.A.R.T.S. Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel Concertgebouw Brugge Kaaitheater STUK Dansens Hus Oslo De Singel Etcetera PACT Zollverein Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Meet Renátó Miskolczi from Hungary P.A.R.T.S. Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel Concertgebouw Brugge Kaaitheater STUK Dansens Hus Oslo De Singel Etcetera PACT Zollverein Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Meet Eleni Roberts from Greece P.A.R.T.S. Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussel Concertgebouw Brugge Kaaitheater STUK Dansens Hus Oslo De Singel Etcetera PACT Zollverein Vlaamse Gemeenschap

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

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