ART HOUSE CINEMA | TANZTRÄUME - Teenagers perform “Kontakthof” by Pina Bausch

“Kontakthof” is one of the most famous dance-theatre pieces by the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, who passed away in 2009. Two groups were chosen to rehearse and perform the work, which premiered in 1978; the first group consisted of senior citizens and, in 2008, for the first time ever, a troupe of teenagers began rehearsing the show. The film Tanzträume documents these rehearsals at the Wuppertal Dance Theatre one year before Pina Bausch’s death. It is an impressive tribute to the choreographer’s love of people and, not least, to the trials of coming of age.