Dancing with Time
- Heike Hennig: choreographer
- Ursula Cain: dancer
- Christa Franze: dancer
- Siegfried Prölß: Dancer
- Horst Dittmann: Dancer
Dance with the times is a German documentary from 2007 by Trevor Peters to the autobiographical dance theater time - dancing since 1927 by Heike Hennig.
Action
In February 2005, the Leipziger Choreographer Heike Hennig embarks on a search for former dancers of the Leipzig Opera. The careers in classical ballet end early. Mid-30s, most of the dancers have to look for another profession. After intensive research in Leipzig Dance Archive Heike Hennig has been in contact with several former professionals. In addition to the Honorary Member of the Leipzig Opera Ursula Cain ( * 1927, † 2011) have Christa Franze (* 1927, † 2009), Siegfried Prölß (* 1934, † 2011) and Horst Dittmann (* 1943) accepted the invitation by Heike Hennig, for return a contemporary dance piece on the stage of the Leipzig Opera. The film by Trevor Peters shows the extraordinary result of autobiographical dance theater piece "Time - dancing since 1927" by Heike Hennig. They talk about their lives and their life stories influenced by dance choreographers such as Mary Wigman, Dore Hoyer, Tatjana Gsovsky to Palucca that traces the film off the stage and with archive material. All lived through times of great upheavals and social changes of the last century in Germany.
Trevor Peters Planet interview pas de deux to the slow movement of the Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler: " I do not want to sound conceited but I can imagine that the scene will be made in the history of dance. It is as beautiful as they dance this duet, the emotionality is so authentic. The telling of the life merges with the dancing. Everything belongs together. "
After sold-out performances in Leipzig and Dresden, the project was continued. In the Dance Theater of Generations " Time Lapse " by Heike Hennig, which arose during the shooting in 2007, the protagonists meet their young colleagues of Heike Hennig & Co.
Reviews
" A real surprise ... a wonderful reflection on art, human interaction and aging - deliciously self-deprecating and gently touching."
Music
- Jurek time: (J. Lamorski )
- Kalumbo: (C. Meyer / R. Moser )
- Something in the Park: (C. Meyer / R. Moser )
- Give me that old time religion: ( trad.arr Moses Hogan. ) Darek Lee Ragin & The New World Ensemble Chamber Choir
- Brandenburg Concertos: in G major, Allegro (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- Symphony No.. 5: C -Sharp minor, Adagietto ( Mahler ) Berlin Philharmonic - Claudio Abbado
- Dancing with Memories: (C. Meyer)
- I just sit at home and going off on me a cigarette: ( Ammer & Console )
- Django Theme: (M. Dietrich / J. Simon / VM De Luxe / OF Berdomo ) DJ Opossum
Others
The film was produced by the Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion in co-production with ZDF in collaboration with ARTE and presented at international film festivals under the title Dancing with Time. From the Ventura Film Distributors, he was taken in 2008 in the German cinemas and on DVD in 2009 in the trade. At the Leipzig Book Fair, the book of the same name was introduced to the film by the author Marion Appelt with numerous photographs of Friedrich U. Minkus.