Pina Bausch
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Pina Bausch
(2006/Germany, 44 min)
by Anne Linsel
Before choreographer Pina Bausch and her Tanz-theater Wuppertal were known around the world, her new, unusual and original body language was not exactly embraced by audience. In the early days tumultuous reactions were not unusual. Pina Bausch speaks about the beginnings of the Tanztheater and the inescapable path she felt she had to follow. She talks about rehearsals, her pieces (more than 30 by now), her co-productions with other cities and countries and being on tour. Some of her dancers, the set designer Peter Pabst and the costume designer Marion Cito, all of whom have been with Pina Bausch for decades, talk about working with her.?Shot in Venice at the Teatro Fenice, in Lisbon and Brussels, and in Wuppertal with choreographic excerpts.