Une répétition du Sacre

Sacre Rehearsal

By Pina Bausch // 45"

During the exterior shooting of her film The Plaint of the Empress in 1987 Pina Bausch was told that the lead dancer performing the role of the sacrificial victim in The Rite of Spring had fallen ill. The performance was scheduled for the following evening so Pina Bausch called off the filming and immediately organized a rehearsal in order to prepare Kyomi Ichida for the role. Some of the film crew also came to the rehearsal room. Recognizing an opportunity, they began to film the rehearsal, which was already underway.

Pina Bausch led Kyomi Ichida through the choreography step by step, movement after movement, covering the different phases of this, the works key scene. The atmosphere of stillness and concentration in which the rehearsal takes place is admirable, and the beauty and originality of the choreographic ideas that come to Pina Bausch are extraordinarily clearly expressed.

The release of this film was supported by Kunststiftung NRW, Kulturstiftung der Länder, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien and Stadtsparkasse Wuppertal.