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!

De kantoren van PARTS zijn gesloten tussen 21 juli en 8 augustus 2022. Vragen in verband met SummerSchool en SummerStudios kunnen gericht worden aan summerschool@parts.be.Inkomende studenten met dringende vragen rond visa en dergelijke kunnen die richten aan training@parts.be. PARTS wenst iedereen een deugddoende zomer!

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!

OPEN MIC NIGHT

SHORT FILMS

A RADIO! PANIK

CHIQUITOS

ARNOLD +++++

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!

PARTS rouwt om het overlijden van Linda Raymond-Dougher. Sinds 2006 gaf zij elk tweede of derde jaar Engelse les aan nieuw aangekomen studenten tijdens het eerste semester of tijdens de zomer die daaraan voorafging, om hen te helpen op het niveau te komen dat nodig is om dagelijkse lessen Engels te kunnen volgen. Linda was een altijd enthousiaste, ondersteunende en inspirerende lerares. Haar belang ging veel verder dan het helpen van studenten om hun Engels te verbeteren: ze empowerde hen, zorgde ervoor dat ze zich op hun gemak voelden in een nieuwe omgeving, en hield ervan om hun verdere ontwikkeling als dansers te volgen bij presentaties en voorstellingen. Ze overleed op 13 mei na een lang ziekbed.

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.

P.A.R.T.S. is calling for new participants for the master program STUDIOS 2022-2024: a 2-year full time research program for young dance-makers & choreographers who want to develop their creative voice and practice in contemporary dance.The STUDIOS (MA) program is aimed at students who have obtained at least a BA degree in dance or choreography (or another BA and equivalent professional experience in dance), with strong dance and performance skills and a creative practice that is rooted in studio work.P.A.R.T.S. aims for a group of 12 participants between 21 and 27 years old.

The fifth pre-selection in Brussels being almost complete, we have decided to organize another EXTRA PRE-SELECTION in Brussels on Sunday April 3, 2022. This will be the sixth pre-selection in Brussels for the bachelor Training program 2022-25.Register now, because it’s going really fast.All info about the program, the preselections, the audition process & REGISTRATION: read more >>

Big news: all four scheduled Brussels pre-selections are complete.We are therefore more than delighted to announce an EXTRA PRE-SELECTION IN Brussels on Saturday April 2nd.Register now, because it’s going fast.All info about the program, the preselections, the audition process & REGISTRATION: read more >>

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.

Don’t miss this one time opportunity to see our students from the 3rd BA Training perform collectively! This weekend the students take part in the third edition of SLOW festival in Bruges In a society that is all about rushing forward, Concertgebouw Brugge gives you 36 hours to stop and reflect.On Saturday, February 5th, about 35 PARTS students will move through the entrance hall of the Bruges train station. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., they will perform a choreography by Cypriot artist Maria Hassabi that focuses on slowing down and stillness. Their movements are accompanied by a soundscape by the Greek composer Stavros Gasparatos.Let this choreography stir you for a moment and take the time to stop and zoom in on the details.

An EXTRA AUDITION for our BA Training program 2022-2025 will be held in New York on Saturday February 26th, 2022. Registrations for this EXTRA preselection are OPEN via this website.

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.

An EXTRA AUDITION for our BA Training program 2022-2025 will be held in London on Sunday February 13th, 2022. Registrations for this EXTRA preselection are OPEN via this website.

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.

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functie en takenpakketAls stagiair(e) productie werk je, in samenspraak met de ploeg, mee aan de organisatie en planning van de nationale en internationale audities. Daarnaast neem je ondersteunende taken op voor de digitale communicatie van de dagelijkse werking.

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 more than delighted to announce EXTRA AUDITIONS for our upcoming BA Training program 2022-2025 in Brazil (São Paulo) , Iceland (Reykjavik), Finland (Helsinki), Germany (Hamburg), Hungary (Budapest) and Tunisia (Tunis).REGISTER NOW because it’s going fast: the preselection in Paris on Saturday January 15th is full. We gladly refer candidates to the nearest pre-selection in Brussels on saturday January 8th, where there are still places available. All info about the program, the preselections, the audition process & REGISTRATION:read more >>

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.

P.A.R.T.S. organizes international pre-selections for its upcoming BA Training program 2022-2025 between January and March of 2022.We are more than delighted to announce that we are opening the registrations for the candidates from today onwards.

INTERNATIONAL PRE-SELECTIONS TRAINING CYCLE 2022-2025 BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH 2022

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.

De afgelopen week hadden de studenten van STUDIOS een residentie in kunstenwerkplaats wpZimmer in Antwerpen, in het kader van het vak 'Contextual labs'.Ze volgden er een werkprogramma waarin verschillende medewerkers van wpZImmer hun expertise deelden met de studenten. Op het programma stonden gesprekken met het artistieke team over de missie en werking van het huis, een masterclass over communicatie rond artistiek werk, een masterclass over het opzetten en beheren van eigen producties, en een tweedaagse inleiding in de podiumtechniek (licht en geluid). Hierbij enkele foto's van hun werk en studio-experimenten.

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 the first day of the new academic year 2020-21, Theo Van Rompay, co-founder of P.A.R.T.S., stepped down as Deputy Director of the school. He will retire on September 1st, 2021 and during the last year of his employment he will focus on a number of special projects.Charlotte Vandevyver, previously coordinator of the STUDIOS program, took up her position as the new deputy director of P.A.R.T.S. With Director Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, a new female duo will now lead the school. As an addition to the team we also welcome Yannick Roman as the new Financial and Administrative Manager.

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.

On August 31st the normal programmes for Training (2nd year) and STUDIOS (2nd year) will restart. On this first day of the new academic year 2020-21, Theo Van Rompay, co-founder of P.A.R.T.S. who is retiring soon, will step down as Deputy Director of the school. Charlotte Vandevyver will take up her position as the new deputy director of P.A.R.T.S., to lead the school together with director Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.

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.

De directie van de school heeft beslist alle lessen te schorsen tot einde van het academiejaar. De veiligheid van studenten en leraren kan niet gegarandeerd worden, omdat social distancing in vele gevallen geen optie is voor een dansschool. Bovendien zijn onze studio's onvoldoende groot om met groepen van 20 studenten te werken, terwijl permanent 1,5 meter afstand tussen alle dansers zou moeten bewaard worden.De online-lessen voor de studenten worden voortgezet tot einde juni. Vele leraren van PARTS hebben grote inspanningen geleverd om hun lespraktijk aan te passen aan het online-onderricht, inbegrepen techniekleraren voor ballet en hedendaagse dans.De meerderheid van de studenten van de Training cyclus is inmiddels naar het thuisland teruggekeerd.

Much to our regret, we have to announce that the eleventh edition of SummerSchool 2020, planned from July 13th to August 14th, will not be able to take place. The risk of infection by the covid-19 virus is still very present, and despite a currently slightly improving health situation, there are no guarantees at all that classes and workshops could take place in safe conditions. Provisions for social distancing will almost certainly still be in place during the summer. This makes the dance classes and workshops that were planned impossible. A very intensive use of our studios by a very large group of dancers, in ever-changing line-ups, is completely forbidden according to today's safety regulations, and remains almost certainly not recommended during the summer months.

While we all confine ourselves at home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, PARTS offers its students an alternative online program with live streamed classes. For the Training cycle we organise daily online yoga classes with Laia Puig Escandell and Stephane Bourhis, a weekly Pilates class with Gabriel Schenker, and 3 times a week contemporary technique classes with Diane Madden, who adapted her class to small confined spaces and remote exchange. For the workshop on William Forsythe’s Improvisation Technologies, teachers Fabrice Mazliah, Tilman O’Donnell and Liz Waterhouse worked out an assignment especially adapted to living rooms, concluding with a collective improvisation on zoom. Furthermore, we started the music project with Noé Soulier and Tom Pauwels, in collaboration with musicians from the Contemporary Music programme of School of Arts Ghent, and the philosophy seminar with Ludo Abicht.All of these live stream sessions are recorded so that the students can access again at a later date.

To limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, PARTS follows the measures taken by the federal government. PARTS suspends all classes and public activities until April 3rd 2020.

Given the current circumstances, we are unable to guarantee that the SummerSchool can take place. A final decision will be made by June 1st, 2020. However, we have decided to keep registrations open and to add a Covid-19 section to our cancellation policy.1. In case, we cancel due to negative advice from the Belgian government regarding the Covid-19 virus, all participants will receive a 100% refund.2. In case, the participant cancels due to negative advice from their country of origin regarding the Covid-19 virus, the participant will receive a 100% refund.Updates on the SummerSchool will be posted on our website. In the meantime, you can email summerschool@parts.be with additional questions or click here to find out more about our programme.Thank you for understanding and stay well

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

In deze lezing staat de praktijk van de Afrikaanse diaspora-kunst centraal: als archief, verzet en transformatie. Het gaat uit van een Afrogene benadering, waarbij de "geografie van de rede" wordt geherstructureerd en de verschillende tijdlijnen, genres en praktijken worden benaderd vanuit het perspectief van het ritme als een mobiele instelling. Het probeert zich uit de sfeer van mystiek, obscuriteit en tropen te verplaatsen naar toegang, recht op ondoorzichtigheid en benaderbaarheid. De lezing probeert moedig het ongemakkelijke en moeilijke gesprek aan te gaan met het perspectief van een genereuze zwarte woede.Lezing op woensdag 6 november om 19.30 uur in PARTS. Iedereen welkom!Thomas "Talawa" Prestø is de oprichter en artistiek leider van het Tabanka African & Caribbean Peoples Dance Ensemble in Oslo, Noorwegen. Het gezelschap en de bijbehorende bewegingstechniek, de Talawa Techniek, is al 21 jaar in de maak. De Talawa Techniek is een van de weinige volledig gecodificeerde technieken die uit Afrika en de diaspora komen. Tabanka Dance Ensemble is het Noord-Europees grootste full time zwarte dansgezelschap. Het gezelschap werkt buiten de westerse canon van de kunstproductie om zeer kinetisch hedendaags werk te creëren dat put uit de Afrikaanse, Caribische en diasporische bewegingspraktijken. De bedrijven en technieken slogan en kernprincipe is Ancient Power - Modern Use.

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!

Vorige week ging Somnia in première, een voorstelling van Anne Teresa en Jolente De Keersmaeker voor de 44 afstuderende studenten van de Training cyclus, in het sprookjesachtige decor van het Kasteelpark in Gaasbeek.

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.