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Max Mueller Bhavan | India Chennai

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2:00 PM

Into the Beat

Film|Regie Stefan Westerwelle

  • Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Auditorium, Chennai

  • All are welcome!
For the Hamburg ballet student Katya, the hard training for a scholarship at the New York Ballet Academy is almost a matter of course, as she is the daughter of Victor Orlow, a celebrated ballet dancer who cares for Katya and her younger brother Paul alone after the death of his wife. There are only three weeks left until the exam under the merciless regiment of the dance teacher. One day, however, Katya discovers a factory hall on her way, where people are also dancing – but to completely different sounds and with impetuous acrobatic movements. She immerses herself in this young wild hip-hop dance scene, feels free, is recognized and meets the dancer Marlon. But the more she feels that this is her form of expression, the more she comes into a conflict of conscience with her beloved father, who has not been able to dance on stage since an accident. The daughter, however, feels obliged to continue the tradition of ballet in the family. Katya has to decide.