4th to 5th December 2010
Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate Dundee, DD1 4DY
01382 909 900 www.dca.org.uk
Pina Bausch Double Bill
Saturday 4th December
13.00, £4.50
Legendary German choreographer Pina Bausch shocked the world with her sudden death last year. In this double bill of films screened at DANCE:FILM 10 Fringe, see the master at work and then see a recording of one of her most renowned works.
Pina Bausch
Dir: Anne Linsel. German with subtitles, Germany. 2006, 44 mins
Anne Linsel’s documentary provides a fascinating insight into the life and art of German choreographer Pina Bausch whose sudden death in June last year was mourned across the world. Before Pina Bausch and her Tanztheater Wuppertal became internationally known her new and unusual and original body language was ill-received. In this documentary Pina Bausch talks about the beginnings of the Tanztheater Wuppertal and the inescapable path she felt she had to follow.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: Le Sacre du Printemps
Dir: Pit Weyrich. Music: Igor Stravinsky, Germany 1976, 36 mins
Premiered in Wuppertal in 1975, Pina Bausch’s legendary interpretation of Stravinsky’s Le Sacre Du Printemps was brought to the Edinburgh International Festival in 1978 and has since been seen at numerous venues across the globe. The film was originally produced for German TV (ZDF).
Supported by
DANCE:FILM Shorts Programme
Sunday 5th December
15.30, £4.50
A selection of highlights from the four shorts programmes from DANCE:FILM 09. For more info and full listing of shorts, please click here
Flashdance
Saturday 4th December
18.00, £6.00
Directed by Adrian Lyne, 1983, USA, 95 mins (15)
Welder by day, club dancer by night. Oh yes, that’s Flashdance for you in a nutshell. One of iconic 80s cheesy dance films and the closing film of DANCE:FILM 09, Flashdance follows Alex as she dreams to be a dancer and to be accepted into the dance conservatory. But surely a welder who dances in a nightclub can’t do that? Of course you can, with a little help from her boss whom she falls in love with. You just can’t beat the 80s-ness of the film with a cracking soundtrack to match. So come along and be a maniac!
*** UNFORTUNATELY WORKSHOP CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW***
Flashdance 80s Tastic Jazz Workshop
Sunday 5th December
11.00-13.00 £12.00 (£9.00)
SDT @ Dundee Rep Theatre, Tay Square, Dundee, DD1 1PB
www.scottishdancetheatre.com 01382 223 530
With Claricia Kruithof, ALL LEVELS, Age 16+
It’s time to take a step back into the 80s with one of the most popular films of the decade. Flashdance touches our hearts because it allows us to believe that we can all achieve something despite our limitations. It doesn’t matter if you are a welder by day – you can still be a kick-ass dancer! This workshop will bring out your inner dancer, turning you into an 80s jazz-tastic extrovert who leaps and slides and jumps and dives! Dressing up is totally acceptable and if you have something you can strip out of (like overalls, labcoats, scrubs, aprons etc) it may enhance your transformation! What a feeling!