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Table for One, Please

World premiere
Director Samantha Shay
Germany and United Kingdom 2024
14 minutes
Inspired by the writing of Anton Chekhov, *Table for One, Please* explores the social awkwardness of grief.

Synopsis

Table for One, Please is a short film that emerges from rehearsals for the dance theater piece I Should Have a Party for All the Thoughts I Didn’t Say by director Samantha Shay. Exploring the social awkwardness of grief, and inspired by the writing of Anton Chekhov, the project gathers current and former artists of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, as well as the Grotowski Institute-based physical theater company Teatr ZAR, as a reflection on the lineages of Polish Jerzy Grotowski and German Pina Bausch, their relationship and how their work resonates today.

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Table for One, Please is a short film that emerges from rehearsals for the dance theater piece I Should Have a Party for All the Thoughts I Didn’t Say by director Samantha Shay. Exploring the social awkwardness of grief, and inspired by the writing of Anton Chekhov, the project gathers current and former artists of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, as well as the Grotowski Institute-based physical theater company Teatr ZAR, as a reflection on the lineages of Polish Jerzy Grotowski and German Pina Bausch, their relationship and how their work resonates today.

Full credits

Section
Out of Competition
Director
Samantha Shay
Production countries
Germany and United Kingdom
Production year
2024
Duration
14 minutes
Producer
Ornella Salloum, Julie Runge Bendsen

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