May 29 2020
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Jun 04 2020
VIRTUAL - Digital Film Screening:

VIRTUAL - Digital Film Screening: "Dancing Beethoven"

Presented by Goethe Pop Up Kansas City at Online/Virtual Space

Our Digital Film Haus is celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday with a series featuring various documentaries about LUDWIG VAN. Each film focuses on a different aspect of the composer’s work and life to explore influences and interpretations of his unforgettable music.

Dancing Beethoven 

By: Arantxa Aguirre

Switzerland, Spain 2016

79 min.

French, English, Japanese Spanish with English subtitles

Choreographer Maurice Béjart, who died in 2007, adapted Beethoven's Ninth Symphony as an energetic ballet version in which dance and Beethoven go hand in hand.

Spanish director Arantxa Aguirre accompanied the rehearsals for a performance of Béjart’s piece in Japan over a period of nine months. Her documentary film Dancing Beethoven portrays the creation process, illustrates the mental and physical trials that the actors go through during the preparation, and functions also as a homage to Maurice Béjart, Beethoven, and the arts.

Image: © Xenix Filmdistribution GmbH

Admission Info

The film will be available to stream on Vimeo for one week from Friday, May 29tht at 4:00 pm (CDT) to Thursday, June 4th at 4:00 pm (CDT).

Please send an email to info-kansascity@goethe.de for the Vimeo link and the temporary password.

Dates & Times

2020/05/29 - 2020/06/04

Location Info

Online/Virtual Space