#Pina was selected as the #German for Best #Documentary Feature. On November 18, 2011, the film was named as one of the 15 shortlisted entries for Best Documentary Feature. On January 24, 2012 it was finally nominated for Best Documentary Feature category at #Oscar. During the preparation of the documentary, Pina Bausch died unexpectedly. Wenders cancelled the film production, but the other dancers of Tanztheater Wuppertal convinced him to make the film anyway. It showcases these dancers, who talk about Pina and perform some of her best-known pieces, inside the Tanztheater Wuppertal and in various outdoor locations around the city of Wuppertal. The film presents extracts from some of the most noted dance pieces by Pina Bausch in the Tanztheater (dance theater) style of which Bausch was a leading exponent. The extracts are from four pieces: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), Café Müller, Kontakthof, and Vollmond. These are complemented with interviews and further dance choreographies, which were shot in and around Wuppertal, Germany; the film includes scenes showing the Wuppertal Schwebebahn, an elevated railway, and some dance sequences take place inside its carriages. Reviews of the film were overwhelmingly positive. Kimberley Jones of the #AustinChronicle praised the utterly transfixing, exhilarating spectacle of bodies in motion. Watch the Promo of the documentary: #medialexiconedu
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:28:04 +0000