Generation XIII
by Delphine Hesters
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 Coproduct
Episodes
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Epilogue. Looking back and 10 years into the future
Three years of training at P.A.R.T.S. are over. Three years captured in the six Episodes of this podcast. In the Epilogue, we look back one more time. On a sunny Sunday in June 2022, Eleni, Renátó, Marlla and Zoé gathered around Delphine’s living room table of for a dinner and a conversation in...
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Episode 6. The resilient generation
The last straight line to graduation! The regular classes will soon be over. These final months are dedicated to creations with guest choreographers, personal projects and the realization of the students' Exiiit Festival. Throughout the hustle and bustle of the last semester, some personal...
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Episode 5. We don’t have a map to follow
The start of the third and final year at P.A.R.T.S.: time to take in everything the school still has to offer. But also to prepare for what is to follow: professional life. Equally exciting as daunting. Although Corona has been consigned to the sidelines and school life is ‘back to normal’, the...
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Episode 4. I know myself better, thanks to Corona
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…
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Episode 3. Adapt, adapt, adapt
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...
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Portrait of Kia
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 Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I...
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Portrait of Zoé
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 Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I…
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Portrait of Renátó
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 Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase…
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Portrait of Eleni
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 Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I…
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Portrait of Marllon
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 Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I…
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Episode 2. Who would have thought that we couldn’t touch anymore?
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...
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Episode 1. This school is about the students
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...
About this show
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.
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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
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