Pina

A striking rememberance ceremony of the sensational artist, serene dancer and a beautiful human being Pina Bausch through bodies and words of her ever loving dance team.

This captivated me and displayed not only Pina’s works but also her thinking in creating them. The dances are rounded and speak to the heart in ways of both joy and disgust, but always of good and of beauty.

Never had I heard about Tanztheater or Pina Bausch before, and from the first minute of this film, I was glued to the screen. Everything, from the emotion through movement to the truly excellent soundtrack, I was transported into a new world I won't soon forget. Writer/director Wim Wenders had been following Bausch's work for years, and was convinced post her death to finish this work by the dancers in her company. With the haunting sounds of music like "Einmal ist keinmal" and the powerfully visceral, expressionist "Rite of Spring", and everything else woven into this avant-gardistic human tapestry, it's hard not to fall in love with Pina's movements brought to life by the dancers. Her art shown purely through freshly filmed choreography, with a smattering of archival footage to remind you that the origins are indeed of the past. This is dance as a series of short films, as I have never really seen before. The choice to keep the dancers mic'd works like the perfect bridge between film and reality, and the background settings and sets used deserve a special mention. Although the motifs are often gendered, there are gender-bending elements throughout, and while a lot of women are portrayed as helplessly falling down, caught and supported by men, some men too support each other. Especially the André number is particularly touching. As a true admirer of dance, however lacking in the practical skill myself, this was without a doubt an exciting experience for me, but I do believe that even if you have no clue about the art of dance, it will still be an evocative and gripping watch not to be missed.

One of the handful of movies they will watch in 3021.

Exceptional choreography (you couldn't expect less from a film based on the work of Pina Bausch) combined with amazing photography. A visual spectacle.

4.5/5 While it relies almost too much on documenting the work left behind by Pina, her legacy is unquestionable and the way the documentary crew connects with her crew makes for a familiar, melancholic but plain beautiful experience.

To me Pina was not surreal, she was quite real - life.

There is no loss of humanity when Pina Bausch makes the body more of an object of movement than a person.

Has a few fleeting wonderful moments, but then keeps going back to stuff that isn't as good. Beautiful photography and staging, the talent in front of the camera (or behind) is never in question. Most of it just isn't for me.

Homenaje de Wim Wenders a la fallecida coreógrafa alemana Pina Bausch, en donde sus ex alumnos le rinden tributo recreando sus más famosas coreografías (como Café Müller), en un documental entre lo experimental y lo testimonial, que atrapa por la hipnótica belleza de sus bailes, y la excelente musicalización.