Dancing through time | Returning to Pina Bausch’s Kontakthof | Dance Documentary

Описание: In 1978, Pina Bausch created Kontakthof alongside her collaborator Rolf Borzik and company, Tanztheater Wuppertal. Whilst creating it she often mused on the idea of seeing the same cast dance her iconic work when much older. In 2024, nine of the original cast reunited to create Kontakthof – Echoes of ’78, under the artistic direction of Meryl Tankard.

Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage goes behind the scenes of the fascinating process, meeting company members who danced both then and now. They talk about working with Pina, re-visiting their earlier performances and the absence of those no longer on the stage.

00:00 - setting the scene for Kontakthof
00:32 - what is like being back after 46 years
1:35 - meet Meryl Tankard, what's it like to join the Pina Bausch company
2:21 - calling the original cast 46 years later
4:08 - still dancing beautifully at 75 years old
7:11 - how did Pina choreograph the movement
9:20 - overcoming insecurity
10:57 - the joys of seeing old colleagues
12:00 - what has changed since performing in 1978
13:09 - looking back on life

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CREDITS
Dancing Through Time - Returning to Pina Bausch's Kontakthof
Director / DOP / Editor – Sarah Vaughan-Jones
Producer – Ciara Lynch
Camera Assistants – Lauren Heckler & Pearl Salamon-White
Colourist – Yanni Kronenberg

Commissioned and Produced by Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage & Studio
Director of Digital Stage & Studio – Bia Oliveira
Senior Producer & Content Manager – Eithne Kane
Senior Content Manager – Jen Richards
Producer – Martina Ryholt
Digital & Content Apprentice – Theo Dowker
Video & Digital Specialist – Sarah Vaughan-Jones
Junior Videographer – Pearl Salamon-White
Digital & Content Officer – Angharad Mainwaring & Ella Murphy-O’Neil
Marketing Consultant – Izzy Madgwick

Kontakthof Echoes of ‘78
A Sadler’s Wells, Pina Bausch Foundation and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch production
Conceived and Directed: Meryl Tankard
With Elisabeth Clarke, Josephine Ann Endicott, Lutz Förster, John Giffin, Ed Kortlandt, Beatrice Libonati, Anne Martin, Arthur Rosenfeld, Meryl Tankard

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