In 2017-18, 12 young choreographers and makers participated in the one-year Research Studios programme in PARTS, constructed around the theme ‘movement x sound x word’. Next to workshops and seminars on new connections between choreography, poetry, sound and music, the participants set up their own research projects, alone or in collaboration with each other or external dancers and musicians.

In Paris, Lafayette Anticipations opened its doors, a new interdisciplinary venue in a particular architectural setting renovated and redesigned by Rem Koolhaas. Its first festival dedicated to movement and performance this week is linked to Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and PARTS: on the opening night, Yuika Hashimoto performed De Keersmaeker’s Violin Phase, and later in the week former PARTS students Andros Zins-Browne, Eleanor Bauer and Radouan Mriziga present their work there.

This year, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker is the central artist of the Festival d’Automne in Paris. As part of the festival, the Centre National de la Danse organises La Fabrique Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker on October 6 and 7.