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Dancers of the Tanztheater Wuppertal, Regina Advento
Dec 23, 2011
PG, 1 hr. 43 min.

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Cast: Dancers of the Tanztheater Wuppertal, Regina Advento, Pina Bausch, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Rainer Behr, Andrey Berezin, Damiano Ottavio Bigi, Ales Cucek
Director: Wim Wenders
Rated: PG
Running Time: 1 hr. 43 min.
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts, Documentary
Theater Release: Dec 23, 2011
Synopsis: Pina is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who died in the summer of 2009. Pina is a film for Pina Bausch by Wim Wenders. He takes the audience on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: straight onto the stage with the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ensemble, he follows the dancers out of the theatre into the city and the surrounding areas of Wuppertal - the place, which for 35 years was the home and centre for Pina Bausch's creativity. -- (C) Official Site

Critic Reviews

  • Caroline Palmer, Minneapolis Star Tribune
    A remarkable -- and likely enduring -- tribute to an artist committed to creating dance theater drawn from humanity's deepest physical and emotional reserves.
  • Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
    For anyone with an interest in dance, "Pina" is a must-see. For anyone not interested in contemporary dance, "Pina" is a should-see. It could change your mind.
  • Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
    Pina is a tribute of an artist by an artist, a friend to a friend. But its great genius comes from the mournful, as well as celebratory, reckoning of the performers Bausch pushed, collaborated with and inspired.
  • Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
    What might seem like a convenient bid for publicity - the first 3-D art-house film! - turns out to be the only logical way to showcase the action.
  • Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
    This meditation on movement and space, transportation and transcendence is not to be missed.
  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe
    What the filmmaker has created is an inspired simulacrum - a jewel-box that contains more of Bausch's kinetic soul than film has any right to.
  • Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
    Crane and steadycam allow Wenders to get so close to the action that in the minimalist Café Müller, one's illusion of being on stage is uncanny.
  • Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
    "Pina"is the best possible tribute to Bausch, and to adventurous image-making.
  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
    I watched the film in a sort of reverie.
  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
    Whether you're familiar with Pina Bausch's work or not, the new film "Pina" is a knockout.
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