Germany 2002 Choreographer: Pina Bausch Dir & producer: Lilo Mangelsdorff Cinematographer: Sophie Maintigneux Editor: Eva Voosen, Lilo Mangelsdorff Awards: German Film Critics award for best documentary, 2004; Jury prize, Dance on Camera Festival 2004 Production company: Cinetrix GmbH.
Courtesy of Goethe Institute, Tel Aviv
70 minutes. German, English & Hebrew subtitles
Friday 30.10, 16:30 Cinematheque 2 Screened as part of the Homage to Pina Bausch
"Wanted: Ladies and Gentlemen over 65"; thus begins an ad placed in a local newspaper in Wuppertal in Germany by the choreographer Pina Bausch. She decided to audition non-professional, older male and female dancers for a new production of her work "Kontaktthof".
Out of 150 candidates, 25 were selected - some of them had never danced a step before - and trained for over a year. The premiere took place in Wuppertal in 2000, and the new company then toured around the world.
The film follows them as they learn to perform modern dance, struggle with the demands of rigorous training, reflect on the realities of aging, and take on new challenges.
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