CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1983
On Tour with Pina Bausch posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1983 0h 57m FRA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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A tactile, performance-centred portrait of Bausch’s company that moves between rehearsal, stage work, and the dancers’ individual presence, with an equally strong feeling for movement in real spaces.

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An inventive dance documentary that uses archival material and newly staged movement to convey how a choreographer’s ideas live through bodies, collaborators, and space.

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A close, unhurried portrait of choreographer Ohad Naharin, balancing rehearsal-room observation with the emotional and physical language of his dancers.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Chantal Akerman followed famous Choreographer Pina Bausch and her company of dancers, The Tanzteater Wuppertal, for five weeks while they were on tour in Germany, Italy and France. Her objective was to capture Pina Bausch's unparalleled art not only on stage by behind the scenes.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch