A new film by Wim Wenders “Pina”, on the work of German choreographer and dancer Pina Bausch has just opened in the IFI. Shot in 3D it is looking like it will be something not to be missed. Bausch was a major influence on the German expressionistic style of Tanztheater (dance theatre) and is considered to be one of the most influential figures in modern dance in the past thirty years.
“Until now movement as such has never touched me.
I always regarded it as a given.
One just moves. Everything moves.
Only through Pina’s Tanztheater have I learned to value
movements, gestures, attitudes, behaviour, body language,
and through her work learned to respect them.” - Wim Wenders
