Dancing Dialogues is een reeks gesprekken waarin het werk van P.A.R.T.S.-docenten en hun bijdrage aan de school centraal staan. Tijdens elke sessie gaan alumni in gesprek met docenten over pedagogie, artistieke praktijk en kennisoverdracht.
Ben je een jonge danser of choreograaf? Maak kennis met P.A.R.T.S. en bereid je via onze Weekend Workshops voor op de volgende auditieronde.
P.A.R.T.S.@WORK is een platform waar studenten hun work in progress aan het publiek tonen. Deze informele voorstellingen bieden de studenten een kans om hun creatieve processen te delen.
Als onderdeel van SummerSchool '26 verwelkomde P.A.R.T.S. deze zomer ook SummerLab, een workshop georganiseerd door Platform K en begeleid door choreograaf Dan Daw (VK/Australië), samen met Sarah Blanc (VK/Ierland).
Van 17 tot 19 september organiseerde P.A.R.T.S. Figures of Fascism and Antifascist Solidarities, drie dagen met films, performances, lezingen en gesprekken, samengesteld door Bojana Cvejić, in samenwerking met Kaaitheater, KANAL-Centre Pompidou en The Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
Met maar liefst 292 deelnemers was SummerSchool 2026 een groot succes. We hopen jullie allemaal volgend jaar opnieuw te mogen verwelkomen!
P.A.R.T.S. PRESENTS TRIO’S van Generation XV vond plaats in juni '26
Aerowaves is een Europees dansnetwerk dat partners uit 34 landen samenbrengt om talentvolle choreografen van een nieuwe generatie te ontdekken en te ondersteunen. Elk jaar selecteert het netwerk twintig opkomende makers. Hun werk krijgt internationale zichtbaarheid en kansen om te touren binnen het netwerk.
Continuïteit en vernieuwing: Charlotte Vandevyver leidt P.A.R.T.S. vanaf 2027
P.A.R.T.S. PRESENTS Drumming vond plaats op woensdag 1 en donderdag 2 april.
Het 164VANVOLXEM Opening Festival vond plaats van 30 januari tot 22 februari.
We kijken met veel plezier terug op de eerste P.A.R.T.S. PRESENTS door Generation XV. Na een drie weken durende Passing Through workshop onder leiding van Edivaldo Ernesto en Florian Vuille, toonden de studenten het resultaat van hun werk, begeleid door live muziek van Edoardo Parente.
Tijdens een X-Week wordt het normale lesrooster van de school opgeschort. Uitgenodigde kunstenaars werken een volledige week met de studenten, binnen of buiten de school. Voor Generation XV werd de eerste X-Week geleid door Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, met assistentie van Clinton Stringer.
Op 22 oktober ontving Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker de Praemium Imperiale, vaak omschreven als de Nobelprijs voor de Kunsten. Deze prestigieuze prijs wordt jaarlijks uitgereikt door de Japan Art Association, onder het erebeschermheerschap van het Keizerlijk Huis van Japan. De Keersmaeker is pas de tweede Belg ooit die deze eer te beurt valt sinds de prijs in 1988 werd ingesteld — de eerste was Pierre Alechinsky in 2018.
Van 14 oktober tot 4 januari kan je in de Hortahal van BOZAR een prachtige zwart-witvideo van Vincen Beeckman ontdekken.
Sinds 2024 heeft P.A.R.T.S. een structureel partnerschap met Platform K, een inclusieve dansorganisatie voor dansers met een beperking. Doorheen het schooljaar maakt Platform K gebruik van onze studio’s en organiseren we samen activiteiten zoals de jaarlijkse SummerLab.
In 2025 bestaat P.A.R.T.S. 30 jaar. Een kans om terug te blikken op drie decennia geschiedenis, en tegelijk samen vooruit te kijken naar de toekomst. We vieren dit op verschillende manieren, zowel klein als groot, doorheen het jaar. Stay tuned!
De start van een nieuw hoofdstuk bij P.A.R.T.S.! We heten Generatie XV van de Bachelor Training Cycle van harte welkom: 40 studenten tussen 18 en 25 jaar, afkomstig uit 21 verschillende landen. We kijken ernaar uit om samen met hen de komende drie jaar vorm te geven.
P.A.R.T.S. SummerSchool, een vijf weken durend programma voor danstraining en artistieke uitwisseling vond plaats in juli en augustus 2025. Maar liefst 263 dansers van alle niveaus namen deel aan lessen ballet, hedendaagse dans, yoga, pilates en body studies, Rosas repertoire en een reeks workshops. Hier een throwback met enkele sfeerbeelden van de eerste week.
Op zondag 6 juli studeerde de veertiende generatie van ons Training-programma af aan P.A.R.T.S. We zijn trots dat we hen het Bachelor diploma in dans mochten overhandigen.
Studenten in het Bachelor programma van P.A.R.T.S. studeren sinds 2019 af met een stuk dat ze in samenwerking met een gastkunstenaar creëren. Voor Generatie XIV ging Mette Ingvartsen − die twintig jaar geleden zelf aan P.A.R.T.S. studeerde − de uitdaging aan om met alle 40 studenten te werken, op voorwaarde dat het maakproces gespreid zou worden over de volledige drie jaar van hun opleiding.
Van 14 juni tot 5 juli 2025 vierde Generation XIV het Fracta Festival — hun student-run afstudeerfestival. De studenten van de BA Training aan P.A.R.T.S. kwamen samen om terug te blikken op hun tijd in Brussel, om hun artistieke praktijken te delen en om nog één keer de ruimtes te bewonen die hen de voorbije drie jaar gevormd hebben.
In mei 2025 organiseerden P.A.R.T.S. en De School van Gaasbeek samen een thematisch lab over dans en natuur, onder begeleiding van Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Corentin Hannon, Eva Fillet, Peter De Schepper en Charlotte Cétaire.
We kijken terug op een inspirerend auditieproces voor ons nieuwe Bachelor Training Program 2025-2028.
Tijdens de zomer van P.A.R.T.S. geeft Platform K vorm aan een week rond inclusieve danspraktijken, begeleid door choreograaf Andrew Graham.
Al meer dan twintig jaar organiseren P.A.R.T.S. & Rosas de SummerResidencies (voorheen SummerStudios), een welgekomen initiatief binnen het artistieke veld in Brussel en daarbuiten.
Onze derdejaarsstudenten dansen hun eigenzinnige versies van Fase op zondag 9 maart tijdens Body of Work Festival in STUK te Leuven.
Met de aankondiging van de internationale audities voor het Bachelor Training Programma richt P.A.R.T.S. zich tot de wereld en reiken we uit naar nieuwe studenten die zich willen verbinden aan onze school.
Gedurende vijf weken kregen de 3e jaars studenten van het Bachelor Training Programma de keuze om persoonlijk werk te ontwikkelen of deel te nemen aan workshops waarin het repertoire van Rosas en Trisha Brown werd verkend.
Op 29 september vond de afstudeerceremonie van de studenten van ons Masterprogramma STUDIOS plaats. Ceremoniemeester Pol Pi, gastdocent van het STUDIOS programma, creëerde speciaal voor deze gelegenheid een ritueel om de studenten door dit overgangsmoment te begeleiden.
Naar aanleiding van het nieuwe schooljaar wil P.A.R.T.S. de aandacht vestigen op een aantal belangrijke verwezenlijkingen waar we bijzonder trots op zijn en die een positieve impact hebben op de toekomst en autonomie van de school.
In September kan je in P.A.R.T.S. terecht voor de Open Mondays & Fridays van Platform-K en Hiatus. Iedereen is welkom om deel te nemen aan deze inclusieve danssessies. Of je nu veel ervaring hebt of helemaal geen. Ontdek nieuwe dansoefeningen en deel je passie voor beweging.
Op maandag 2 september openden we het academiejaar 2024-25 en verwelkomden we 39 Training-studenten in hun derde jaar van het bachelorprogramma.
We kijken met veel voldoening terug op onze Summer School 2024. Een welgemeende dank aan alle deelnemers en docenten voor jullie openheid en nieuwsgierigheid. Dankzij jullie inzet is deze editie een bijzonder inspirerende ervaring geworden. We hopen jullie volgend jaar opnieuw te mogen verwelkomen.
A big thanks to everyone involved in this amazing journey!We went through an incredible edition, those who were present will no doubt confirm that.
Last week on Friday May 31st, Drumming XXL premiered in the very centre of Brussels, in open air, as part of Europalia art2gether.
We are counting down the performances of 'DRUMMING XXL' in Brussels and Paris!After more than 2 years of preparations with the Conservatoire de Paris Cnsmdp and Ecole des Sables this long awaited project is coming closer!
It is with great pleasure that we invite you for PARTS@WORK#4.On the program: 12 solo showings by the 2nd year BA Training students.Program 1 starts at 15h (end foreseen at 17h15), program 2 starts at 18h15 (end foreseen at 20h30).
Over the last years, outdoor physical labour has increasingly become a source of inspiration for Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. For 2 consecutive years, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Corentin Hannon initiated the workshop ‘Hand power, horse labour and dance’ during Summer. They gathered a diverse group of dancers and non dancers, who shared an interest in outdoor labour and agriculture.
The second year MA STUDIOS students concluded 2023 with an intensive one-week choreography & composition workshop guided by Mette Ingvartsen. In this first workshop, dancer & choreographer Mette Ingvartsen shared her interest in dance as a social phenomenon and practice.
The second year BA Training students concluded 2023 with 3 sold out evening performances of Set and Reset/Reset, showing each evening 4 different versions. During a four-week intensive workshop, they worked with TBDC alumni Diane Madden, Kathleen Fisher and Samuel Wentz on “Set and Reset/Reset,” based on Trisha Brown’s “Set and Reset” (1983).
For the second time, PARTS organized a workshop in the fields this summer - exploring a range of (traditional) techniques from agriculture: mowing with the scythe, wood lumbering, haymaking, pulling exercises with draught horses, making fire, cooking together - guided by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Cassiel Gaube (dance), Corentin Hannon and Eva Fillet (from Cordeva / horses) and Kevin Lambeets (from Zeis & Bijl / scythes).
On Monday September 4th, we opened the new academic year 2023-24 for 39 Training-students into their 2nd year of the Bachelor Program, and for 12 STUDIOS-students into their 2nd and graduating year of the Master program.For the first semester, we also welcome 1 Erasmus+ exchange student into the Training program, coming from the Stockholm University of the Arts.
To close the academic year, the students of the 1st year BA Training program performed at the 8th edition of the biannual Dance Festival DANSAND! in Ostend.
An intensive one-week workshop of artistic practice for the first year Training students
During an X-Week, the normal operation modus of the school is suspended. Invited artists can work a whole week with the students, in or outside school. We ask the artists to unveil their way of approaching art towards the students. For April's artistic practice, PARTS invited partner organizations Labolobo, Platform K and the artist Mario Barrantes Espinoza.
An intensive one-week workshop of artistic practice for the first year Training studentsDuring an X-Week, the normal operation modus of the school is suspended. Invited artists can work a whole week with the students, in or outside school. We ask the artists to unveil their way of approaching art towards the students. For April's artistic practice, PARTS invited partner organizations Labolobo, Platform K and the artist Mario Barrantes Espinoza.In the spotlight: the group working with Labolobo.
In March, the first year bachelor Training students followed a four-week intensive workshop on the Rosas repertory piece Drumming (1998), one of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s most iconic choreographies, written to the eponymous, minimalistic percussion score by Steve Reich.
It is with great excitement that we invite you for the public showing of ‘Drumming (fragments)’ performed by the first year bachelor Training students in the Rosas Performance Space.During a four-week intensive workshop, the Training students have worked in 3 groups on the Rosas repertory ‘Drumming’, guided by Sue-Yeon Youn, Laura-Maria Poletti, Cynthia Loemij and Clinton Stringer. ‘
Next week, Alva Noë is teaching a seminar in the Master program STUDIOS at PARTS. On Tuesday evening March 28th at 19h, he will give a public talk at PARTS (studio 2): Perception as a relationship’.Free entrance - everybody welcome - no reservations
We are very excited to invite you for the public performance PARTS@WORK#3 on Sunday March 26th, 2023 at 3pm.PARTS@WORK#3 consists of several pieces - all personal work - both of the 1st year Bachelor Training students and of the 1st year STUDIOS students from the Master program. Free entrance – no reservation is needed
During the second semester, the first year bachelor Training students followed a 5-week theater workshop. The main goal of this theater workshop is not to turn dancers into actors, but to confront dancers with a performative situation in which their first medium is speech and not movement.This year, they worked in 6 groups, under the direction of Akram Assam, Eva Schram and Kuno Bakker.
During 5 weeks, the 12 students from the STUDIOS program at P.A.R.T.S. participated in an exchange project with 10 young African dancers-choreographers at Ecole des Sables, the school initiated by Germaine Acogny in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal and currently directed by Alesandra Seutin and Wesley Ruzibiza. This exchange program is organized for the 4th time since 2013.
We are very excited to invite you for the public performance PARTS@WORK#2 on Sunday January 29th, 2023.PARTS@WORK#2 consists of several pieces - all personal work - of the 1st year students from the Bachelor program ‘Training’.Free entrance – no reservation is neededThere is a limited capacity, we advise you to come in time.Doors open at 2h30pm - showing starts at 3pm sharpEnd foreseen around 4:30pm
The first year bachelor Training students concluded 2022 with an intensive one-week -workshop: ‘Dancing Mania’ guided by Mette Ingvartsen.This workshop is the first step toward the performance "Choreomania”, a performance the students will create under the direction of Mette Ingvartsen, resulting in public showings in their third and final year.
Last week the students of the 7th year Dance of Kunsthumaniora Brussels (KHB) were in residency at PARTS.In September 2021, Kunsthumaniora Brussels expanded its educational program and launched a 7th year of contemporary dance. This full time bridge year allows KHB students to be better prepared to audition for bachelor programs in dance throughout Europe, such as the Training program at PARTS.
Are you a young aspiring dancer/choreographer ?P.A.R.T.S. organizes a number of activities to get familiar with the school and the program.During the winter of 2023, you can actively take part in two workshops with a variety of classes: contemporary dance classes, composition, yoga, repertoire, theory etc. For the WINTER WORKSHOPS you have to be minimum 16 and maximum 25 years old.Capacities are limited, so it is mandatory to register.
And then it got legs: Notes on dance dramaturgy" Book launch by Jeroen Peeters, with Jonathan Burrows and Sara ManenteFree entrance - no reservations - 7pm - P.A.R.T.S.Drawing on his experience in the field of contemporary dance, in "And then it got legs: Notes on dance dramaturgy", Jeroen Peeters discusses principles, methods and practices that contribute to an understanding of dramaturgy as an experimental, collaborative practice and a material form of thinking.
Where is contemporary Dance? The public sphere and transnationalism.Free entrance - everybody welcome - no reservations.Next week, Dr Funmi Adewole is teaching a seminar in the STUDIOS program at PARTS. On Tuesday evening November 8th at 19h, she will give a public lecture at PARTS.
From January 9 until February 10, 2023, P.A.R.T.S. initiates an exchange project between a group of African dancers-choreographers and the PARTS STUDIOS participants at Ecole des Sables, the International Centre for Traditional & Contemporary Dances of Africa in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal.Ecole des Sables was founded by dancer and choreographer Germaine Acogny, and is since 2021 under the artistic direction of Alesandra Seutin and Wesley Ruzibiza.How to apply?
Last summer, PARTS organized a workshop in the fields - mowing with the scythe, driving farm horses, dancing, cooking - guided by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Cassiel Gaube (dance), Corentin Hannon and Eva Fillet (from Cordeva / horses) and Kevin Lambeets (from Zeis & Bijl / scythes).
It is with great pleasure that we invite you for the very first public showing of Generation XIV: “Passing through” by David Zambrano on Thursday October 27th at 18h in RPS.During a three-week intensive workshop, the students of the 1st year Training cycle have worked with David Zambrano on 'Passing Through', an improvisation structure exploring the infinite possibilities of moving within a group in a set timespace.
Investigating mangrove ecosystems through biology, art and history.Free entrance - everybody welcome - no reservations.Next week, researcher Farid Dadough-Guebas is teaching a seminar in the Studios program at PARTS. On Tuesday evening October 11th at 19h, he will give a public lecture at PARTS.
Vandaag zijn de laatste drie afleveringen van de podcast Generation XIII gelanceerd en online.In juli 2022 is de 13e generatie bachelorstudenten van P.A.R.T.S. feestelijk afgestudeerd en daarmee is ook dit verhaal afgerond. Een bijzondere reis vastgelegd in 5 portretten, 6 afleveringen en een epiloog.Aflevering 5 en 6 staan in het teken van het afstudeerjaar 2021-22.Met een epiloog, een laatste terugblik van de hoofdpersonen Eleni, Marlla, Renato en Zoé.Benieuwd naar meer?
Op 5 september is PARTS van start gegaan met een nieuwe generatie studenten!De studenten van Generatie XIV zijn begonnen aan hun 1ste jaar van de bachelor Training cyclus 2022-25. Ze zijn met 41, en vertegenwoordigen 18 verschillende nationaliteiten uit vier continenten.Op 26 september start het 2-jarige STUDIOS programma voor de tweede keer met 12 deelnemers uit 12 verschillende landen.Hou onze website in de gaten voor nieuws over onze publieke activiteiten!
We finally got there and how! After three eventful years, Generation XIII - "the resilient generation" - graduated last Sunday and was awarded for the very first time with a Professional Bachelor degree in Dance. The ceremony was warm & emotional with family & friends coming from all corners of the world, and with the supporting presence of the whole team of teachers, (ex-)staff, tutors, faculty, board members and all friends of PARTS (and let's not forget to mention that the buffet was exquisite).So we want to thank e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e who has made this day an unforgettable one!
We are more than delighted to welcome you to the EXiiiT Festival.To mark the end of their studies at P.A.R.T.S., the students of Generation XIII have been busy organizing and curating the EXiiiT festival. EXiiiT will be their most extensive collective project yet! Composed of performances, exhibitions, discussions, and other activities, the festival is a chance for the public to encounter the emerging artists who make up Generation XIII and gain insight into the work they have been doing over the past three years.All INFO about the program >>Practical info and TICKETS here>>We hope to see you soon!
It's happening! From July 18 until August 19th P.A.R.T.S.organizes a new edition of SummerSchool and SummerStudios, while the previous two editions got cancelled due to covid.All info about the program & inscriptions can be found on our website:SummerSchool 2022SummerStudios 2022
Rudi Laermans is one of the very few people who has been involved as a teacher in PARTS since the very start of the school in 1995. He has taught sociology and theory to 13 generations of students. He is now retiring, and we want to give this extra attention by organizing a public farewell lecture on Tuesday 26/4 at 17h.We are more than delighted to welcome you at this farewell lecture.
This Saturday is the 7th edition of "Dag van de Dans". P.A.R.T.S. is also back in the game with “Derailed”, a collaboration with Benjamin Vandewalle performed by the 3rd year bachelor Training students.Between 14h and 17h the dancers of PARTS will mingle with the passers-by at the Europakruispunt, the square in front of Brussels Central Station.
After two years of cancellation, we are excited to finally welcome you back for our SummerSchool. From 18 July to 19 August P.A.R.T.S. opens its doors during the Summer to create an encounter between teachers, choreographers and dancers, exchanging knowledge and experience over the course of five weeks.
It is with great pleasure that we invite you for the public performance PARTS@WORK#4 on Saturday March 26th, 2022.PARTS@WORK#4 consists of several pieces - all personal work - of the 3rd year students from the Bachelor program Training.For the first time, entrance is not for free.The ticket revenue goes integrally to Vluchtelingenwerk to help refugees all over the world forced to flee their homes.There is a suggested price (5 EUR), but you decide what you can pay.No reservation is needed but the capacity is limited.
We are more than delighted to welcome you to the performances of the Guest creations 2022.In the 3rd year of the BA Training program, choreographers are invited to make a piece together with a group of students.In 2022, PARTS invited three choreographers: Tamara Cubas (Uruguay), Philipp Gehmacher (Austria) and Fabrice Mazliah (Switzerland/Germany). Each of them worked 8 weeks with a group of 8-13 students. From March 30 until April 1, 2022, you can discover the results during 3 evenings in the Rosas Performance Space.
This weekend the 3rd year bachelor students participated in the third edition of SLOW festival in Bruges. A big thanks to e-v-e-r-y-o-n-e involved for these amazing past few days!On Saturday the students moved for 12 hours in a row through the train station in Bruges. Slowly, a movement score unfolded in space. Passersby were captivated by the colourful constellations and thoughtful actions.“Today At The Station” is a choreography by Cypriot artist Maria Hassabi that focuses on slowing down and stillness. Their movements were accompanied by a soundscape of the Greek composer Stavros Gasparatos, especially created for this occasion.
We are very excited to invite you for the public performance PARTS@WORK#3 on Sunday January 30th, 2022.PARTS@WORK#3 consists of several pieces - all personal work - of the 3rd year students from the Bachelor program Training.Free entrance – no reservation is needed but the capacity is limited - with CST.Doors open at 14h30 - showing starts at 15h sharp (latecomers are not admitted)End foreseen at 17h15 Duration: 2 hours (with a break of 15 minutes).
Vorige week kregen we heel bijzonder bezoek bij P.A.R.T.S.: onze Majesteit de Koningin bracht een bezoek aan P.A.R.T.S. voor een ontmoeting met onze Bachelor Training studenten en medewerkers.Met dit bezoek wil de Koningin de cultuursector, en in het bijzonder de kunststudenten, een hart onder de riem steken in deze moeilijke periode.
Rosas, de productiestructuur rond choreografe Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is vanaf haar ontstaan in 1983 internationaal sterk verankerd. Het gezelschap bespeelt wereldwijd de toonaangevende podia voor hedendaagse dans. Jaarlijks spelen we ruim 240 voorstellingen, waarvan ruim 160 in het buitenland.
Published on 3/01/2022Picture by Tine Declerck
To get familiar with the school and the program. P.A.R.T.S. organizes a number of activities for those interested in applying for the Training (BA) cycle auditions in the spring of 2022.Are you a young aspiring dancer/choreographer considering participating in the auditions for the Training program of 2022-2025? During the winter of 2021-2022, you can actively take part in three long weekends with a variety of workshops.
Met veel spijt heeft PARTS het overlijden vernomen van Annie Declerk, die sinds 2003 deel uitmaakte van de Algemene Vergadering en de Raad van Bestuur van P.A.R.T.S. Zij was een zeer betrokken steun en toeverlaat voor P.A.R.T.S., en bovenal heeft ze in haar carrière als tv-journaliste een onschatbare bijdrage geleverd tot de ontwikkeling van de podiumkunsten in Vlaanderen.
To get familiar with the school and the program. P.A.R.T.S. organizes a number of activities for those interested in applying for the Training (BA) cycle auditions in the spring of 2022.Are you a young aspiring dancer/choreographer considering participating in the auditions for the Training program of 2022-2025? During the winter of 2021-2022, you can actively take part in three long weekends with a variety of workshops.
We are very excited to invite you for the public performance PARTS@WORK#2 on Thursday November 4th, 2021 & Friday November 5th, 2021.PARTS@WORK#2 consists of repertoire work of Rosas (the 5th Brandenburger Concerto), repertoire work of the Trisha Brown Dance Company (Solo Olos en Rogues) and personal work. All performers are 3rd year students from the Bachelor program Training.
Op zondag 10 oktober overleed de Nederlandse theaterregisseur Jan Ritsema (Amsterdam, 1945). Ritsema was echter veel meer dan een regisseur. Hij was tevens een uitgever, boekhandelaar, dramaturg, theaterdocent, toneelspeler en danser, en vooral ook een mentor en coach voor vele kunstenaars.Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker en Rosas verliezen een collega en vriend, PARTS verliest een leraar en pedagoog pur sang.
You are very welcome to join us on Sunday October 10th for the first PARTS@WORK of this academic year 2021-22. PARTS@WORK#1 consists in several pieces - all personal work - of the 3rd year students from the Bachelor program Training.We look forward to your visit and would like to remind you that a valid Covid Safe Ticket is required to attend this performance. Anyone aged 12 years and older must present a valid Covid Safe Ticket (or EU Digital COVID Certificate) in the form of a QR code (digital or printed) as well as a piece of identification with picture.Please take into account the extra CST control and arrive well on time.
On Sunday September 26th, Rosas and PARTS celebrated the retirement of Theo Van Rompay, co-founder of the school who worked as deputy director for more than 25 years. As part of the celebrations, Theo was interviewed by journalist Anna Luyten, theatre maker and political activist Dominique Willaert and choreographer Jonathan Burrows. During the conversations, they touched upon different aspects of his professional career at and beyond PARTS.
This week, the graduating Master students of STUDIOS are welcomed by STUK - House for Dance, Image & Sound (Leuven) for a collective residency.During one week, the graduates will look back on their graduation works and research, share collective practice, and enter into dialogue with workspaces and alternative management offices about their future plans in the professional field.
We are very happy to announce that on Monday September 6th, we opened the new academic year 2021-22 for the bachelor's program Training (3rd year).We started the new school year with an introduction week composed of collective classes, sharing of physical practices, workshops and talking sessions.
We feel very fortunate to have rounded off the academic year 20-21 with a whole series of internal and public performances, both from the Training and the STUDIOS students, in Brussels and Oostende.On September 6th, we will restart with the third and last year of the Bachelor’s program TRAINING. Also in September, a first generation of students in the Master's program STUDIOS will graduate. We are very proud to award, for the very first time, an Academic Master degree in Dance.
During 4 weeks, the students from our Bachelor program Training had a choice to work in smaller groups on repertoire, creation or personal work. All of this was presented mid June during an internal presentation.In the spotlight this week: personal work initiated by Renátó Miskolczi with “FLIES”.
During 4 weeks, the students from our Bachelor program Training had a choice to work in smaller groups on repertoire, creation or personal work. All of this was presented mid June during an internal presentation.In the spotlight this week: personal work initiated by Jair Jetzehu Montes Rangel with “Todos”.
During 4 weeks, the students from our Bachelor program Training had a choice to work in smaller groups on repertoire, creation or personal work. All of this was presented mid June during an internal presentation.In the spotlight this week: personal work initiated by Antoine Dupuy & Ching-Shu Huang with the “Jelly Fish Collective Practice”.
During 4 weeks, the students from our Bachelor program Training had a choice to work in smaller groups on repertoire, creation or personal work. All of this was presented mid June during an internal presentation.In the spotlight this week: a new creation guided by Moya Michael and Judith Sanchez Ruiz.
During 4 weeks, the students from our Bachelor program Training had a choice to work in smaller groups on repertoire, creation or personal work. All of this was presented mid June during an internal presentation. In the spotlight this week: Rosas repertoire “A Love Supreme” by Salva Sanchis & Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, taught by Salva Sanchis & Thomas Vantuycom.
We are more than delighted to finally open our doors and welcome you for the STUDIOS Graduation Works 2021. From June 8 until June 20, you can discover a new generation of artists who will carve their way in the performing arts scene in the coming years.
Als afsluiter van het academiejaar dansen we de zomer in op het DANSAND! festival in Oostende. DANSAND! is een festival voor dans en beweging. Dit jaar ligt de focus op ontmoeting en verbinding met een driedaags programma vol performances op bijzondere locaties. P.A.R.T.S. is een vaste en graag geziene gast op DANSAND!, in het verleden waren er tal van creaties met gastchoreografen, site-specifieke voorstellingen en afstudeerwerken te zien. Dit jaar presenteren de studenten Training een reeks solo’s.
"This is not a form of resistance unless you dance, make a risky move to stand a chance". De song en de hierboven geciteerde regel uit "The World As It M$$$F Is" van John the Houseband zijn het startpunt voor een tweedaags avontuur in Brussel. We gaan op zoek naar een manier waarop we ons als dansers kunnen verhouden tot de huidige staat van de wereld. Op vrijdag bezoeken we verschillende woonzorgcentra in Vorst, om het dagelijks zicht van de bewoners op de buitenwereld tijdelijk in een spektakel te veranderen. Op zaterdag zal er een invasie van 35 dansers doorheen Brussel-stad zwerven, voortdurend in beweging, die de publiek ruimte vullen met kleurrijke kostuums met gekke maar corona-proof activiteiten die een kortstondig gevoel van vrijheid creëren. Tijdens de week werken ze ook op een video performance in de buitenlucht, alle video's vind je hier.
De voorbije vijf weken gingen onze Bachelorstudenten van Training aan de slag met het repertoire van Trisha Brown’s Son of gone Fishin’ (1981). Onder begeleiding van twee dansers van de Trisha Brown Dance Company, Samuel Wentz en Leah Ives, verdiepten ze zich in het repertoire materiaal. Onze tutor Diane Madden, die zelf een rijke geschiedenis heeft met de Trisha Brown Dance Company, stelde het workshop project samen en legde de fundamenten voor dit blok door dansfrases en gedetailleerde technische kennis door te geven doorheen haar lessen hedendaagse techniek.
Vandaag is de officiële lancering van Generation XIII, een documentaire podcast over 5 dansers, 3 jaar, 1 school: een portret van een generatie bij PARTS.Generation XIII schetst een portret van de generatie die sinds september 2019 aan PARTS studeert, aan de hand van de ervaringen en stemmen van vijf studenten die het Bachelorprogramma Training volgen. Socioloog Delphine Hesters volgt Eleni uit Griekenland, Kia uit Nieuw-Zeeland, Marllon uit Brazilië, Renátó uit Hongarije en Zoé uit Frankrijk doorheen hun hele opleiding, tot de zomer van 2022.
Onze studenten komen uit alle hoeken van de wereld, ze zijn divers in ethnie, gender, cultureel milieu. En hun ouders bekleden uiteenlopende posities in de samenleving. Sommigen kunnen zonder probleem de studiekosten van hun dochter of zoon op zich nemen, voor anderen is dat een onmogelijke hindernis.PARTS selecteert studenten uitsluitend op basis van talent. Om de toegang tot de school te kunnen verzekeren voor àlle geselecteerden, werd de P.A.R.T.S.FOUNDATION opgericht. Zij heeft maar één doel: financiële middelen vergaren voor studiebeurzen voor onze studenten. En jij kan ons helpen!Lees meer hier.
Last week Diane Madden concluded 3 weeks of teaching contemporary technique to the 2nd year students of the Training Cycle. In her class, Diane Madden is building up material and skills towards a longer Trisha Brown repertoire workshop in Spring 2021, in which students will be creating their own version of Brown’s “Son of Gone Fishin’” 1981.Diane has been giving workshops at PARTS based on Trisha Brown’s repertoire for many years. Since 1980 Diane has been an integral part of Trisha Brown’s work: as a dancer, rehearsal director and Associate Artistic Director.It is a special honour for PARTS that Diane Madden is associated with the school for the entire Training Cycle, from 2019-2022.
Last October, philosopher Ben Woodard gave a seminar to the students of STUDIOS. We also invited him for a public lecture. In this lecture, he talks about the concept of the Anthropocene and the questions that this raises.
We are happy to announce that, on Monday August 31st, we opened the new academic year 2020-21 with live programs for Training (2nd year) and STUDIOS (2nd year).Of course we are talking about a lot of safety measures, smaller groups, bubbles, extra space to guarantee social distancing, timeslots, facemasks, sanitizers and circulation plans, but we have made it work.
On September 4th 2020, PARTS had its 25th anniversary.After an inspiring journey of 25 years we are very proud that both cycles, Training and STUDIOS, are recognised by the Flemish government as a Bachelor in Dance (since June 2019) and Master in Dance (since July 2020).
Just before the official start of the school year we organized a three day program BACK. CURRENT: a come together between the students, teachers and staff as a transitioning from the lockdown into the new school year. To reflect on what happened, focus on the present and look into the future.
The academic year is running towards its end, the Summer holiday is just around the corner.On Saturday June 27th we organized the last open-air class in Duden park with David Hernandez.Since May 18 - when the National Security Council decided that training outdoors for group sports was allowed again – we have organized a weekly 90’ outdoor dance class in the park for a group of maximum 20 people. A very welcome relief for all the students that have been locked up in small Brussels spaces with no access to flowery backyards, mountain-view meadows or sunny beaches. Luck was on our side, the weather was always very nice.
During an X-Week, the normal operation modus of the school is suspended.The invited artists can work a whole week with the students, in or outside school. The subject may be composition or improvisation, but also politics or visit museums and exhibitions. We ask the artists to unveil their way of approaching art towards the students. For this week of artistic practice PARTS invited the artists Stina Nyberg & Zoë Poluch, Diederik Peeters and Ula Sickle.
About birds and other animalsPhilosopher Vinciane Despret enters into conversation with Bojana Cvejic about her work, following a seminar for the students of the Studios programme.After philosophical and psychological studies, Vinciane Despret specialized in ethology, the study of animal behavior, and became fascinated by the humans who work with animals. Borrowing a path from philosophy of sciences, her work combines ethological and psychological research with the goal of understanding and explaining how scientists build their theories, how they interact with historical and social contexts, and what relation is established between them and animals.
Throwback to the public presentation "Exchanges" of last Friday, a final sharing of the 5 weeks during exchange project between Ecole des Sables and PARTS.Thank you Ecole des Sables for your hospitality.Thank you Ogutu Muraya (Kenya), Faustin Linyekula (Congo), Panaibra Gabriel Canda (Mozambique), Nadia Beugré (Ivory Coast) and Qudus Onikeku (Nigeria) for sharing your artistic practice so generously.Thank you to Ise An Verstegen (Netherlands), Patrick Acogny (Senegal/France), Mamadou Baldé (Senegal), Ntone Edjabe (Cameroon), Saky Bertrand Tchébé (Ivory Coast) and the musicians for transmitting your technique and insights on African dance.And thank you all participants for your curiosity and hard work!
You are very welcome to join us for the public presentation of the theatre workshops of the 1st year Training students.Free entrance – no reservation is needed.Doors open at 14h45 (program 1) and 17h45 (program 2), the performances start at 15h and 18h sharp (latecomers are not admitted).Each program consists of 2 pieces, 4 in total. There is a short break between the 2 programs. You are welcome to watch both of the programs !Program 1 at 15h :Group of Carly WijsGroup of Thomas RyckewaertProgram 2 at 18h :Group of Eva SchramGroup of Scarlet Tummers
Ise chose Acogny and Acogny chose her.In her work as a dance artist Ise Verstegen interweaves worlds with an inclusive, transcultural vision and body language. Since 2008 she has been working closely with Germaine Acogny, the mother of modern African dance. Acogny technique is a dance technique and philosophy based on West African and Western dances. Ise's work and transmission start from embodiment, connection, collectivity and the respect, possibilities and natural strength of each body through rhythm and movement. From here she addresses social issues.Ise Verstegen is a teacher at the Amsterdam Academy of Theatre and Dance (AHK), and she works internationally and nationally as an 'Acogny dance-practitioner'.
From January 2nd until February 6th, 14 students from the STUDIOS program at P.A.R.T.S. and 10 young choreographers and dancers from the African continent meet and exchange at Ecole des Sables, the school initiated by Germaine Acogny in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal. This is the third exchange program and the collaboration between P.A.R.T.S and Ecole des Sables goes back until 2013.
PARTS@WORK#2 – Sunday 26/01, 15h.The performance is for free, no reservation is needed.Doors open at 14h45, the performance starts at 15h sharp(latecomers are not admitted).PARTS@WORK is a series of informal showings of work created by PARTS students.PARTS@WORK #2 consists in several pieces, all personal work of the 1st year Training students.Hope to see you there !!
From January 2nd until February 6th, 14 students from the STUDIOS program at P.A.R.T.S. and 10 young choreographers and dancers from the African continent meet and exchange at Ecole des Sables, the school initiated by Germaine Acogny in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal. This is the third exchange program and the collaboration between P.A.R.T.S and Ecole des Sables goes back until 2013.
PARTS@WORK is a series of informal showings of work created by PARTS students.PARTS@WORK #1 consists in a number of short pieces, all personal work of the new Training students, made in the first three months of the schoolyear. These performances are free, no reservation is needed.Hope to see you there !!Image Charlotte Cétaire
Van 18 tot 29 november organiseren het Taipei Performing Arts Center en het Centre national de la Danse (Parijs) de eerste editie van Camping Asia. Dit is een evenement waar meer dan 100 studenten van 12 kunstscholen uit heel Azië en de rest van de wereld samenkomen om samen te werken en te leren.
We organiseren regelmatig semi-public talks met docenten van P.A.R.T.S. Zo krijgen onze studenten een idee van de docent zijn/haar personal practice, werk als performer, eigen artistiek werk, en allerlei andere dingen waar hij/zij mee bezig is. Op maandag 30 september hadden we ons eerste gesprek met David Hernandez.
Onderzoeker Stephen Zepke geeft deze week een seminar in het Studios-programma van PARTS.Op donderdagavond 26/9 om 19u geeft hij een publieke lezing waarin hij reflecteert op de mogelijkheid van de kunst om na te denken over de toekomst, of er nog iets 'nieuws' kan worden verbeeld en gecreëerd.Gratis toegang, reserveren is niet nodig!
In 2019-20 start PARTS met een nieuwe generatie studenten en een nieuw programma!Op 2 september zijn de studenten van Generatie XIII begonnen met het eerste jaar van de Training Cyclus 2019-2022. Ze zijn 40, die 24 verschillende nationaliteiten uit vijf continenten vertegenwoordigen.Op 23 september start het nieuwe Studios programma, met een programma van 2 jaar met 14 deelnemers uit 11 verschillende landen. Kom af en toe een blok werpen op de website of schrijf je in voor de nieuwsbrief voor nieuws over publieke activiteiten!
In september 2019 start PARTS een nieuw tweejarig geavanceerd programma, STUDIOS genaamd.
Op 1 september 2020 zal Theo Van Rompay (1954), mede-oprichter van P.A.R.T.S., zijn functie neerleggen als adjunct-directeur van de school. Zijn opvolging is nu al verzekerd, aangezien een jaar eerder, in september 2019, het nieuwe ‘Studios’-programma van start gaat, waarvoor een coördinator moest worden aangesteld. Charlotte Vandevyver (1982) zal vanaf 1 mei 2019 de implementatie van dit nieuwe ‘Studios’-programma realiseren. Op 1 september 2020 neemt zij dan haar functie op als de nieuwe adjunct-directeur van P.A.R.T.S., om samen met directeur Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker de school te leiden.
42 PARTS-studenten vergezellen Rosas voor de Slow Walk in Parijs op 23 september tussen 12u en 16u. Vijf groepen doorkruisen het centrum van de stad in een zeer langzaam tempo, en komen samen aan op de Place de la République, waar Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker het publiek uitnodigt om deel te nemen aan haar workshop en te dansen tot 17u.