Germany 2022, 111 min, English, French, German and Portuguese, Hebrew & English subtitles

Nearly 50 years after Pina Bausch choreographed her two greatest dance pieces, young dance ensembles on separate continents rediscover them, give them new life, and find themselves deeply changed by the experience. A ballet company in Dresden rehearses the dance opera “Iphigenie auf Tauris,” while in Dakar, Senegal, dancers from all over Africa rehearse “The Rite of Spring.” Little by little, classical ballet, tribal dance, street art, and each performer’s personal language of movement flow into each other as the dancers move in the studio, on the beach, and through surprising landscapes. This fresh take on the groundbreaking pieces proves to be just as passionate and emotionally charged as the original.

Previous Festivals: Sheffield, DokFest München, DocLisboa, Vancouver International Film Festival

Born 1984 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Florian Heinzen-Ziob is a freelance director and producer and co-founder of Fontäne Film production. He studied media arts and film directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. As an author, director and producer he realized the three Cinema documentaries ORIGINAL COPY, GERMAN CLASS and DANCING PINA. His films have been shown at over a hundred film festivals worldwide, including Rotterdam Film Festival, Hot Docs Toronto, Sheffield DocFest and DOK.fest Munich, and have received several awards. He lives and works in Cologne, Germany.

Production: Florian Heinzen-Ziob, Georg Heinzen
Production Company: Fontäne Film, Florian Heinzen-Ziob und Georg Heinzen GBR
Editing: Florian Heinzen-Ziob
Cinematography: Enno Endlicher

Supporters & Broadcasters: Office of the State of NRW in Israel