documentary or not ??

Its a Documentary of sorts in that it's not fiction - it's more a Dance film/Homage to Pina Bausch by her Company with several of her works recreated for film either in their original stage setting or in other locations. The works are inter-cut with short insights by her dancers talking about her, her work, their experience of working with her, but it's done almost in a scripted way to create an emotional narrative more so than a straight forward Interview.


"Your hatred energizes me - Bring it on, and watch me RADIATE"

There's dialogue - Pina Bausch's dancers and collaborators talking in voiceover about her and their work together.

The film is a portrait of Pina through showing her dancers performing her works both in theatre settings and outdoor locations and people reminiscing about her. No talking heads.

It's a portrait of one artist (Wenders) about another artist (Pina) with the help of many artists (the company).

It tries to capture the essence of what Pina's work was about, of what it was like to work with her, and of what it was that made her "tick", as a dancer, as an artist, as a human being.

It is a very poetic, tender, intimate piece of work, covering fundamental questions, with a message as passionate, inexplicable, exciting, and intruiging as Pina herself:

Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.