Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance

Ohad Naharin's rigorous insistence on open 'failure' in his dance studio might come as a bit of a shock to those who wonder how his Batsheva Dance Company members achieve that special something: with only several minutes to go before showtime they continue to 'fail' and 'fall' in front of the choreographer, and several concerned onlookers...

Vulnerable? Yes. But Heymann's meticulous documentation of Naharin's own life path proves the point:

After years of difficult army service followed by a move 5,000 miles away from home Naharin jumped headfirst into professional company auditions and advanced dance classes in NYC (sans-official training, basically as an adult beginner, and *cough also alongside Nureyev). After several initial successes he suffered a game-changing injury that normally causes the kind of despair or anxiety that ends careers or kills momentum. But for Naharin, this was a chance to discover something new, and he used his physical limitations to uncover GAGA - the movement language that has gained international fame and bears the honor of this film's title.

"Your strength is your weakness, and your weakness is your strength." Fall harder. There are no excuses. A must see for dancer and non-dancer alike.