The Goethe-Institut Irland has teamed up with Dublin Dance Festival to showcase two dance films at the festivals summer edition this year: Dancing at Dusk– A Moment with Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring and Berlin based duo Ginevra Pinzetti’s and Enrico Ticconi’s new video work Silver Veiled
DANCING AT DUSK - A MOMENT WITH PINA BAUSCH'S THE RITE OF SPRING Director: Florian Heinzen-Ziob
40 minutes
Germany / Senegal / UK
2020
In Dancing at Dusk, Pina Bausch’s iconic choreography The Rite of Spring (1975) is danced in an extraordinary setting, on the beach in Toubab Dialaw, Senegal.
Filmed as the world descended into lockdown, it captures the last rehearsal of a specially assembled company of 38 dancers from 14 African countries, and documents a unique moment in their preparations for an international tour.
A rare opportunity to watch one of the world’s greatest dance works.
BACKGROUND
In spring 2020, Pina Bausch’s 1975 seminal work, The Rite of Spring, was due to tour the world. Performed by a specially assembled company of 38 dancers from 14 African countries, this international co-production between Pina Bausch Foundation (Germany), École des Sables (Senegal) and Sadler’s Wells (UK) should have opened in March 2020 in Dakar. However, just days before the premiere, performances were cancelled as governments around the world banned public gatherings and began shutting their borders due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Before disbanding and going into lockdown, the company seized the moment by performing a last rehearsal on a beach near their base at École des Sables in Senegal. Filmmaker Florian Heinzen-Ziob and his crew were able to capture this unique moment in a stunning film.
ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE
As part of this screening, you will also get access to a short behind-the-scenes film (7 minutes) that documents rehearsals for the stage production of The Rite of Spring, including interviews with key spokespeople.
Silver Veiledis a new video work by up-and-coming artistic duo Ginevra Panzetti and Enrico Ticconi, which has evolved from their research exploring the symbolic power of the flag and its choreographic purpose in the folk tradition of flag waving.
Created in dialogue with the architecture, the use of the flag is central to the structure of the work. A series of unveilings unfold, evoking the close and ancient brotherhood between two textile objects; flag and shroud. The drapes are presented in a silvery grey, cleaned of symbols and coats of arms until they expose their plastic, invented essence. A blank canvas without connotations where anything can emerge, begin or disappear.
