Dancing dreams teenagers dance "Kontakthof", a piece by Pina Bausch

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Title:

Dancing dreams teenagers dance "Kontakthof", a piece by Pina Bausch

Author:

Bausch, Pina, creator, choreographer.

Publication Information:

[New York] : First Run Features, 2010.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

In 2008, world-famous dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch selected forty teenagers who had never heard her name to be part of her dance piece "Contact Zone." For ten months through opening night, the young dancers discover Bausch's genius and their own bodies. The film is a testament to Bausch's revolutionary work. Pina Bausch died in 2009.

General Note:

German title. Tanzträume: Jugendliche tanzen "Kontakthof", ein Stück von Pina Bausch.

Originally produced in 2010.

Bonus features: Pina Bausch biography; Photo gallery; Director's notes; Dance film gallery.

Language:

German

Contents:

Lucky to be here -- Special roles -- Getting undressed -- The audition -- Getting into character -- Experience -- The niceties -- Dress rehearsal -- Finishing touches -- Music! -- Credits.

Reading Level:

Not rated.

Personal Subject:

Bausch, Pina.

Title Subject:

Kontakthof (Choreographic work : Bausch)

Subject Term:

Choreographers -- Germany.

Dancers -- Germany.

Teenagers -- Germany.

Modern dance.

Women choreographers.