Passion – Last Stop Kinshasa

Founded in 1984, Alain Platel’s modern-dance ensemble ‘Les ballets C de la B’ of Ghent, Belgium, has since become a renowned, powerful, highly professional and rousingly virtuoso troupe. The ensemble performed Platel’s work ‘pitié! Erbarme dich’ in many traditional musical centers such as Paris, Berlin and Tokyo. For the final performances of his work, however, Platel wanted a very special venue and chose Kinshasa, the Congolese capital, which gave rise to a daring and enormously enriching experience. Filmmakers Jörg Jeshel and Brigitte Kramer accompanied the ensemble within Europe and then to Africa. They portray the rare encounter of classical music and modern dance with African reality, a celebration of passion and compassion.