AHNEN ahnen

While Pina Bausch was preparing her film The Plaint of the Empress in 1987 the French British and German coproducers were waiting for a script No script no film That is how the film industry saw thingsThe discussions dragged on but eventually the TV stations accepted the idea of shooting the film without a script Someone had the idea of making a test film showing what the results of working in Pina Bauschs way could be Thats how this film was born a documentary on the rehearsals for AHNEN a piece she was developing at the time For twenty five years the film stayed in the archives today it emerges as an extraordinary document This is how Pina Bausch and her company worked This is how this work was created that touched so many people continous to do so today