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FILM
In spring 2020, Pina Bausch's 1975 masterpiece The Rite of Spring was scheduled to tour the world internationally. Performed for the first time from an ensemble of 38 dancers from from 14 African countries, the show - produced from Pina Bausch Foundation (Germany), École des Sables (Senegal) and Sadler's Wells (Britain) - was to debut to Dakar as part of a diptych including Common Ground[s], a new work conceived and performed from Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny.
The Rite of Spring suffers a forced stop, to a few days after its premiere, to due to restrictions imposed by governments around the world as the health emergency escalates. Before disbanding in March 2020, the company seizes the moment by performing the choreography on the beach in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal near the École des Sables, for a final rehearsal before isolation. This intense and spontaneous gesture is captured on film by director Florian Heinzen-Ziob and his troupe, who, in Dancing at Dusk - to moment with Pina Bausch's The Rite of Spring, document a unique moment of self-awareness and togetherness.
CHOREOGRAPHY
Pina Bausch
MUSIC
Igor Stravinsky
SCENES AND COSTUMES
Rolf Borzik
COLLABORATOR
Hans Pop
first performance December 3, 1975,
Theater atOpera in Wuppertal
ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Josephine Ann Endicott, Jorge Puerta Armenta
DIRECTORS OF EVIDENCE
Clementine Deluy, Çağdaş Ermiş, Ditta Miranda Jasjfi, Barbara Kaufmann, Julie Shanahan, Kenji Takagi
DIRECTION AND EDITING
Florian Heinzen-Ziob
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND COLOR CORRECTION
Enno Endlicher
AUDIO RECORDING AND SOUND DESIGN
Armin Badde
PRODUCTION
polyphem Filmproduktion
DANCERS Rodolphe Allui, Sahadatou Ami Touré, Anique Ayiboe, D'Aquin Evrard Élisée Bekoin, Gloria Ugwarelojo Biachi, Khadija Cisse, Sonia Zandile Constable, Rokhaya Coulibaly, Astou Diop, Serge Arthur Dodo, Estelle Foli, Aoufice Junior Gouri, Luciény Kaabral, Zadi Landry Kipre, Bazoumana Kouyaté, Babacar Mané, Vasco Pedro Mirine, Stéphanie Mwamba, Florent Nikiéma, Shelly Ohene-Nyako, Brian Otieno Oloo, Harivola Rakotondrasoa, Oliva Randrianasolo (Nanie), Asanda Ruda III, Tom Jules Samie, Amy Collé Seck, Pacôme Landry Seka, Gueassa Eva Sibi, Carmelita Siwa, Armel Gnago Sosso-Ny, Amadou Lamine Sow, Aziz Zoundi
OTHER DANCERS Korotimi Barro, Inas Dasylva, Franne Christie Dossou, Profit Lucky, Vuyo Mahashe, Didja Kady Tiemanta
Production Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables, Sadler's Wells
Duration: 40 minutes
Pina Bausch was born to Solingen in 1940 and died to Wuppertal in 2009. She received her choreographic training at the Folkwang School in Essen under the direction of Kurt Jooss, where she achieved technical excellence. After the director of Wuppertal Theaters, Arno Wüstenhöfer, hires her as choreographer, Bausch renamed the ensemble Tanztheater Wuppertal from the fall of 1973. Under this name, despite a controversial beginning, the company gradually achieved international fame. Its combination of poetic and everyday elements decisively influences the development of international dance. Awarded some of the most prestigious prizes and international recognition, Pina Bausch is one of the most influential choreographers of our time.
Mourad Merzouki
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Flora Détraz
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