PARTS closed May 18
On Friday May 18, the PARTS offices will be closed.
PARTS Graduation Tour 2012 - premiere at Monty May 12!
This Saturday, the graduation works have their official premiere, during at marathon in four parts at arts center Monty in Antwerp. Come and join us!
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Brussels Dance Summer 2012
This summer,Danscentrumjette, P.A.R.T.S. and workspacebrussels join forces to organize Brussels Dance Summer for the first time. During ten weeks ‘the capital of contemporary dance’ is the place to be for dance classes, intensive workshops, masterclasses, residencies and coaching projects by internationally renowned teachers, dramaturges and artists.
The program focuses on professional dancers and choreographers who look for specialized movement knowledge, but dance students and kids will have the chance to explore the basic parameters of contemporary dance as well.
Brussels Dance Summer combines the expertise of Summer Studios by P.A.R.T.S. and Rosas, the SummerSchool by P.A.R.T.S. and Jetsummer Danceweeks by Danscentrumjette. Workspacebrussels organizes Summer Coaching for the first time.
Danscentrumjette organizes Jetsummer Danceweeks for the 9th time. Six weeks of workshops in composition and technique, lectures, performances and a dance film festival. Artists can apply for a summer residency, thanks to a partnership with Rits and Kunsthumaniora Brussel. Check the detailed program and guidelines for application on www.danscentrumjette.be.
Workspacebrussels organizes intensive coaching residencies for international and professional choreographers guided by Brussels based dramaturges and artists. Artists can apply for a summer residency, thanks to a partnership with P.A.R.T.S., Rosas and Ultima Vez. Check the guidelines for application on www.workspacebrussels.be
The Brussels dance Summer is supported by the Flemish authorities (Ministeries of Culture, Education and Brussels) and the Flemish Community Commission of the Brussels Capital Region.
SummerSchool 2012
The 4th PARTS SummerSchool will take place in July 2012, in the framework of the Brussels Dance Summer 2012. For an overview of the programme, click here.
Details and inscription forms are now available!
Summer Studios 2012
Every summer, Rosas and PARTS make their studios available for choreographers with no link to the company or school, to offer a help for the lack of affordable studio space in Brussels. In 2012, there will be studios available in July and August. The project is part of the Brussels Dance Summer.
More information and application forms (the deadline has been extended to May 21st) are available at the Rosas website.
No auditions for Training cycle in 2012
In the school year 2012-2013 there will be no Training program. Consequently, there will be no auditions for the Training cycle in Spring 2012. See below for more information.
PARTS announces new structure of the program from 2013 onwards
From September 2013 onwards, PARTS will introduce a new structure for its curriculum. The current structure of two years Training cycle and two years Research cycle will be replaced by a three-year Training program. The Research program will still consist of two years, but will be redefined.
The Training program aims to educate dancers and choreographers who are ready to take a personal and independent position in the international field of contemporary dance when they graduate after three years.
The three-year program will start only every three years. It will be organised for the first time in September 2013.
Auditions for this program will be organised in the Spring of 2013.
The two-year Research program is destined to dance-makers and choreographers who have after higher education and/or professional experience feel the need to dig deeper into their own position and tools. The program starts from a studio practice and aims to balance collective and collaborative working formats with individual research and development.
The Research program will also be organised once every three years, with always a break of one year in between. The first new Research program will start in February 2014, for which there will be auditions in the Fall of 2013.
In 2012-2014, there will be a last Research cycle under its current definition, for which there will be auditions in the spring of 2012 (see above)
More details on the new programs will be announced on the PARTS website in Spring 2012.
PARTS at work - new series of video clips
Stanislav Dobak created a series of video clips for PARTS, with images of the daily work at PARTS. You can look at them here. The collection will be updated irregularly.
Premieres of and with former students
The 'Former Students' page now features a list with upcoming premieres of performances by and/or with former PARTS students. Check it out here.
PARTS mailing list
If you want to receive information concerning performances, auditions or workshops organised by PARTS, leave your data at the contact page.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
PARTS was founded in 1994 by choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Bernard Foccroulle, director of the national opera De Munt/ La Monnaie. Under its new director Peter De Caluwe, De Munt/ La Monnaie has continued its structural partnership with PARTS. See www.demunt.be for more information on its activities.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker has been the director of PARTS since 1994. Her artistic vision and work, developed since 1982, are a permanent source of inspiration for the pedagogical program of PARTS. For more background on the program, go to the presentation of the school. For more information on Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's choreographic work and the Rosas company, go to www.rosas.be
