What Are Pina Bausch and Her Dancers Doing in Wuppertal?

7.0(1)19831h 55m1

Wuppertal is a drizzly, industrial city on the Rhine and one immediately wonders why Pina Bausch and her avant-garde dance troupe have settled there. A socially engaged documentarian, Wildenhahn is also perplexed by this issue and spends considerable time trying to place Bausch in a context outside of the aesthetic. Still, the dance company's daily life and the excruciating rehearsal and performance schedule is solidly captured. The film begins cleverly: a dance critic offers sagacious comments on ballet dancers finishing their careers at mid-thirty just when, according to Bausch, the "aspects of misery, suffering and fear of death should become an integral part of a dancer's spiritual and psychological make-up." Wildenhahn's camera glides over the dancers' bodies as Bausch leads them through their paces, a consummate teacher. Leaving behind rehearsals of "Bandoneón" and "Walzer," Wildenhahn then ventures out into the streets of Wuppertal searching for the dance of the common people.

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    7.0/10

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Status
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Language
German

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Release dates

  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical (limited)Toronto Film Festival11 Sept 1983
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical (limited)Berlin International Film Festival25 Feb 1983

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What Are Pina Bausch and Her Dancers Doing in Wuppertal? was released on 25 February 1983.
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What Are Pina Bausch and Her Dancers Doing in Wuppertal? (1983) was directed by Klaus Wildenhahn.
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What Are Pina Bausch and Her Dancers Doing in Wuppertal? runs for 1h 55m.

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