The news appeared long ago, the German director lead to the big screen to the choreographer and dancer Pina Bausch. In the last Berlinale film was presented, although she had already disappeared from the world. On this occasion we would like to share this text written by the Wemders on Bausch.
What a treasure dwells in our bodies ...
And how many stories can be told without uttering a single sentence. In memory of Pina Bausch.
Rise, fall,
staggering, collapse,
escape, capture, release,
jump up suddenly, a cartwheel,
curl up,
rolling on the floor, seeking protection,
harden, be tense,
cling to each other, take hold of someone,
touch and depart again, let
one I rise up, be held, let him fall,
head down, mourn, laugh, cry out of joy, half laughing, exalting
, snorting, swallowing,
slipping, tripping, jumping, rolling off, falling violently ...
walk, walk, walk, run, stop, stand still ...
ridicule,
losing a shoe and still limping on the other foot,
strutting, strolling with elastic step,
swing, cuddle with affection,
rocking, banging his foot impatiently,
be ignored,
lift the chin, look down
,
crawl,
be humiliated, to be worshiped ...
Lipstick Run!
The crooked skirt!
The sleeve to the elbow!
The shirt hanging over his pants.
tongue out
hair in disorder,
index finger extended,
back bent, head up
...
human beings move, and when Pina
foregrounds, stages, stands out and makes them aware
gestures, jumps, steps ...
many sometimes playfully, and always light and never "a load of meaning"
suddenly one sees
like never before even been approached
understand how each of our feelings, our emotions are expressed and
continue outward, externalized,
become movements.
Rise, fall,
staggering, collapse,
escape, capture, release,
jump up suddenly, a cartwheel,
curl up,
rolling on the floor, seeking protection,
harden, be tense,
cling to each other, take hold of someone,
touch and depart again, let
one I rise up, be held, let him fall,
head down, mourn, laugh, cry out of joy, half laughing, exalting
, snorting, swallowing,
slipping, tripping, jumping, rolling off, falling violently ...
walk, walk, walk, run, stop, stand still ...
ridicule,
losing a shoe and still limping on the other foot,
strutting, strolling with elastic step,
swing, cuddle with affection,
rocking, banging his foot impatiently,
be ignored,
lift the chin, look down
,
crawl,
be humiliated, to be worshiped ...
Lipstick Run!
The crooked skirt!
The sleeve to the elbow!
The shirt hanging over his pants.
tongue out
hair in disorder,
index finger extended,
back bent, head up
...
human beings move, and when Pina
foregrounds, stages, stands out and makes them aware
gestures, jumps, steps ...
many sometimes playfully, and always light and never "a load of meaning"
suddenly one sees
like never before even been approached
understand how each of our feelings, our emotions are expressed and
continue outward, externalized,
become movements.
Fragment of praise Pina Bausch at the ceremony for the Goethe-Preis, delivered on August 28, 2008 in Frankfurt Paulskirche. Wim Wenders
(1945, Düsseldorf)
is one of the most internationally renowned German directors. In 1971 he founded, along with other representatives the "new German cinema", the Filmverlag der Autoren, a film distributor. He has a long list of awards to his credit. In 2006, he was the first filmmaker who was awarded the German Order Pour le Mérite. Its award-winning films include The state of things, Paris Texas, Wings of Desire, Faraway, So Close! and Buena Vista Social Club.
German translation: Francisco Diaz Solar
Copyright: Wim Wenders, Berlin / Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt a. M., 2008
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