Nigerian Times

PINA - Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost - International Trailer from neueroadmovies on Vimeo . A sizeable crowd watched the African premiere of the awesome German documentary film Pina Saturday afternoon at the Silverbird Cinemas in the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island in Lagos. It was the special feature of the monthly documentary film screening series of iRep International Documentary Film Festival and the Goethe Institut in Nigeria. The audience of both Nigerians and the international community of mainly Germans and other Europeans was captivated by the hyperbolic renditions and illustrations of the life work of Philippina "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009), whose untimely death whilst Wim Wenders was still planning the experimental documentary in 3D compelled him to cancel the film production until the other dancers of the famous Tanztheater Wuppertal prevailed on him to complete the film as a memorial tribute to Pina and what a great tribute it has...

Goethe-Institut Nigeria in cooperation with iRep Documentary Film Forum (iREP) and the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) cordially invites you to the December edition of the Monthly Film Screening. The choice film for the month is PINA, a feature-length dance film in 3D, based on the life and works of Pina Bausch, directed by acclaimed German director Wim Wenders (Buena Vista Social Club). It features the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer who died in summer 2009. Together with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal, Wenders takes the audience on a sensual, visually stunning journey of discovery into a new dimension: straight onto the stage with the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal ensemble– the place which for 35 years, was the home and centre for Pina Bausch’s creativity. Date: Saturday December 10 Venue: SilverBird Galleria, 133 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos. Time: 3pm ENTRY IS FREE For more information, please visit www.goethe.de/lagos or www.fac...