performance / dance 12 November - 14 November 2015 NL Het is exact 20 jaar geleden dat PARTS zijn deuren opende. Dat wordt dit seizoen uit-gebreid gevierd. In de zomer van 1994 beslisten choreografe Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker en Bernard Foccroulle, toenmalig directeur van De Munt, om een nieuwe school voor hedendaagse dans op te richten. Nauwelijks een jaar later was de opening een feit, met een eerste generatie van 30 dansers en choreografen uit verschillende continenten. Tien generaties studenten – uit alle windstreken en continenten – hebben gestudeerd aan PARTS: dat zijn meer dan 400 dansers en choreografen. Zeer velen onder hen zijn een succesvolle carrière als danser en choreograaf begonnen, in België en daarbuiten. De rijkdom hiervan kan je zien aan de 13 producties in het ‘PARTS20’-programma in het Kaaitheater dit seizoen, of op de pas gelanceerde website www.parts20.be, die een lijst bevat met honderden voorstellingen van en met voormalige studenten dit seizoen, in België en daarbuiten. Voor de 3 avonden in de Beursschouwburg ontwikkelde PARTS een bijzonder project. Eerder dan de onmogelijke verantwoordelijkheid te moeten nemen om zelf een ‘best-of’ van de school of het werk van de ex-studenten samen te stellen, wilde PARTS een stem geven aan drie generaties oud-studenten, met de opdracht om onder elkaar en op korte termijn een avond samen te stellen. Generatie IX, Generatie I en Generatie VI kregen carte blanche, en trommelden zo veel mogelijk mensen uit hun groep op: sommige zijn bekende gezichten in de Brusselse scène, anderen werken al jaren in het buitenland of begonnen ondertussen een andere carriere... Elke avond wordt gecoördineerd door een kunstenaarsduo uit de betreffende generatie, maar de ontwikkeling van de avond gebeurde zo veel mogelijk collectief. Het resultaat zijn zeer uiteenlopende programma’s, met bestaand en nieuw werk, re-enactments van oude PARTS formats of improvisaties op het moment zelf, live of via geprojecteerd beeld,video-installaties, workshops, muziek en feest. Een brug tussen wat toen was en nu is. Of iets anders … FR Le 4 septembre 1995, P.A.R.T.S. ouvrait ses portes à une première generation d’étudiants danseurs. Depuis, environ 400 danseurs et chorégraphes y ont étudié. 10 générations d’étudiants, issus de tous les horizons et de tous les continents, y ont suivi un trajet complet: d’abord de trois ans, ensuite de quatre, avant que la 11e generation ne passe cette année à cinq. Nous avons demandé à trois générations de diplômés de mettre une soirée sur pied. Chaque génération déterminera le contenu du programme à sa guise: oeuvres existantes ou nouvelles, anciens formats de l’école remis au goût du jour ou improvisation totale sur le pouce, live ou projetée en différé. Objectif: faire le lien entre le passé et le présent. À moins qu’il en décide encore autrement! Nous donnons véritablement carte blanche aux générations Neuf (2008-2012), Six (20022006) et Une (1995-1998). Chaque soirée sera coordonnée par un duo d’artistes issus de la generation concernée.
EN On the 4th of September 1995, P.A.R.T.S. opened its doors to a first generation of dance students. Over the years, more than 400 dancers and choreographers have studied at P.A.R.T.S. Ten generations of students – from every corner of the world – have finished the entire trajectory: initially three years, later on four years, and five years from the present 11th generation onwards. We have asked three generations of graduated students to put together an evening. Each generation is free to determine the contents of the programme: existing or new work, re-enactments of old P.A.R.T.S.-formats or improvisations, impromptu, live or through projected images. A bridge between what was and what is. Or something else altogether. Generations Nine (who studied from 2008 till 2012), Six (2002-2006) and One (1995-1998) have received a carte blanche. Each evening is coordinated by an artist duo from the generation in question.
Deze voorstelling vindt plaats in het kader van het project ‘[DNA] Departures and Arrivals’, gecofinancierd door het Creative Europe programma van de Europese Commissie. PARTS werd opgericht door Rosas en De Munt. De school wordt gesubsidieerd door het Ministerie van Onderwijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap en krijgt aanvullende steun via het project [DNA]. [DNA] wordt gecofinancierd door de Europese Commissie (Creative Europe). PARTS en HES-SO/Manufacture (Lausanne, CH) zijn partnerinstellingen voor de hogere opleiding in hedendaagse dans 2013-2017.
Part of Brussels Dance
beursschouwburg
Generation VI: Coordinated by Eleanor Bauer & Femke Gyselinck
14:00 - 18:00 Zilveren zaal
Practices 14h-15h: Yentl de Werdt Introduction to Ayurveda/Massage 15h-16h: Benjamin Vandewalle Unfamiliar voices 16h-17h: Femke Gyselinck My Talking Is My Dancing 17h-18h: Eleanor Bauer Dancing the Writing, Writing from Dancing
17h – 24h: Rode Hal
Video installations Off-beat Live (2014) Milan Tomášik & Stanislav Dobak
Documentary 6th Generation PARTS (2006) Edited by Federica Porello, with the help of Sandra Iché
The silent song (2013) Video: Pauline Fosny Performers: Sue-Yeon Youn, Liza Penkova The work on the project The Silent song by Sue Yeon Youn and Liza Penkova started some years ago with an intention to last through out a life. Friends and colleagues since 2005, Youn and Penkova have been continuously working/ collaborating in-between the professional and private. The wish to work together is very similar to the wish of two friends to share their view on life, work, love and other daily matters as the life and time goes. Therefore the intention is to sustain, to keep alive this work until their very old age, that hypothetically has been defined around 86 years old. The idea started with a simple practice of long backwards walks in a park. The backwards walking puts one into another awareness, a state that is normally hard to achieve in the daily life. A concentration, a sensitivity enabling one to de-construct the environment in several layers. This brought them further into defining a practice that they could share together, a one hour long task-based improvisation that they could execute no matter the environment around them: a closed room, a studio, a train, a station etc... no matter the age. The purpose might be the desire to re-look, re-discover, de-construct through a long stretch of time (52 years to go) the components of the world with all its given and pre-decided names to sensations, to objects and to coordinates. A process that might look like a naive approach of a child who looks for answers in all, while at the same time it becomes a serious research, demanding a strong focus and concentration, while uncovering the layers and textures of colours, of emotions, of sounds in all that what we seem to take for granted, in all that we seem to think we understand. Finally, The Silent song is a creation in silence while all else is passing by. Like a creation of a song that,through time, takes shape of a melody with rhythm lyrics and echo. To allow some insight into their process, they decided to invite a videoartist (Pauline Fonsny) to follow their work during two days. Without giving her any indications besides accepting her presence, Pauline was able to capture some moments, details through her lens. A glimpse into a beginning of a 52 year long process.
beursschouwburg
21:00 Gouden zaal
Performance
Untitled Compilation an evening in six parts Performance: Matthieu Bajolet, Eleanor Bauer, Yentl de Werdt, Femke Gyselinck, Tarek Halaby, Benjamin Vandewalle & Sandy Williams. Assistance: Andros ZinsBrowne PART ONE Body Bag Sandy Tells The Story from the Perspective of the Space - Circle Choir PART TWO The Departed: a Tribute to Those Not With Us - Constellation Choir PART THREE Six Remote Choreographies: Animated by The Absent - Line Choir PART FOUR Six Corrupt Memories: Generate & Regenerate - Point Choir PART FIVE Six Parts for Pastorius - Spiral Choir PART SIX The Next Generation 22:30 Zilveren zaal
P.A.R.T.Y. DJ set: TEENAGE DREAMS, GROWNUP MONEY EBONY & IVORY
Bios of the performers Matthieu Bajolet (FR) studied in Ballet du Nord school, Lyon Conservatory and in PARTS from 2002 until 2005. He danced with Héla Fattoumi and Éric Lamoureux in Caen. He also worked with Andros Zins-Browne, Les Gens d’Uterpan, Dominique Brun, Lionel Hoche, Mylène Benoit, Olivier Normand and Mylène Benoit, Joanne Leighton, Stéphanie Aubin, Tale Dolven and Gabel Eiben (You’re welcome). He’s part of the Bal Moderne team for more than 10 years. In 2014, studied at the Institute of European studies (Paris 8) and worked on the place of dance in the ‘scènes nationales’ in France. He’s currently working at Bureau Cassiopée as a production manager. Eleanor Bauer (US) is a performing artist based in Brussels. Originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, she studied at Idyllwild Arts Academy in California, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and PARTS. Working at the intersections of choreography, dance, writing, music, and performance, her pieces range in scale and media towards challenging categories, methods of producing, and ways of thinking performance. Her versatile works have toured internationally to critical acclaim. Alongside her own projects, Bauer also teaches, mentors, and collaborates with other choreographers, artists, composers, and directors.
After her graduation Yentl De Werdt (BE) worked as dancer for Anurekha Ghosh, Rosa Mei/Cie 13, Randi De Vlieghe, MAF Festival, Benjamin Vandewalle and Akram Khan. She created her own work: ‘EMOVE EMOVO’ for Europalia India, ‘Dagbreek’ and ‘Svarta Rosor’ and is currently working with The Kids (hearing impaired youngsters) in Hasselt and India. Beside this she created the expo ‘Slum Kids Ki’ (short films) and teaches freelance for MOOSS, De Veerman, Dancing Kids, Lasso and Danspunt. Femke Gyselinck studied at Conservatorium Antwerpen and graduated at PARTS in 2006. She obtained a degree in dance teaching in 2009. She worked as a dancer with Eleanor Bauer, Andros Zins-Browne, Heleen Van Haegenborgh, Kelly Schacht and Esther Venrooij. Since 2010 she has been working for Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas as artistic assistant. In combination with the work for Rosas she is currently touring with Romina Lischka and Hathor Consort and working on a collaboration with her brother Lander Gyselinck, a jazz drummer and composer. Tarek Halaby (US) is a Palestinian/American performer living in Brussels. Born in Saudi Arabia, he moved to Chicago at the age of 10. His dance education and training includes The University of Iowa (USA), Sydney University (AUS), and PARTS (BE). He lived and worked in New York City for 3 years before moving to Brussels in 2004 and has a wide range of experience working in dance, theater, film and music. Benjamin Vandewalle (BE) studied at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp and graduated at PARTS in 2006. Currently he is touring around Europe with his latest creations ‘Birdwatching 4x4’ and ‘Inter-view’, while busy with his new creation "The disembodied lady" (working title) that will premiere in September 2016. Sandy Williams (CA) is a dancer and maker living in Brussels, Belgium. He has worked with Rosas, Andros Zins-Browne, Loge22 and Deborah Hay. He is currently in creation with Julien Monty on ‘Everything Happens So Much’, premiering at Kaaistudios on February 16 as part of the Burning Ice Festival.
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