Wim Wenders’ Pina and the Rhythm of Loss
By Jennifer Piejko
Pina is filmmaker Wim Wenders’ eulogy to German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch (1940-2009), and what will be for many a bittersweet introduction to her revolutionary work. Spending a lifetime interpreting and expanding the definitions of modern dance, her visionary incorporation of theater into her practice of German Expressionist dance left Wenders and her company mourning the loss of a playwright as well as a choreographer.
Boris Charmatz’s “Musée de la Danse” - Review
By Sydney L. Stutterheim
November 7, 8:22 pm. A repetitive, beast-like howl is heard coming from within one of the five former Catholic school classrooms that is now the Performa Hub, and today, that contain Boris Charmatz’s Musée de la Danse. Approaching the source of the guttural shrieks, the frame of the doorway provides a small sense of physical security from the performance unfolding within. Yet, aurally, this protection is insufficient; the reverberations penetrate walls and bodies throughout the building.
