On learning and rehearsing Pina Bausch’s piece “Für die Kinder von gestern, heute und morgen” with dancers of the Bavarian State Ballet
Talk
Moderation: Dr. Katja Schneider, dance lecturer and writer
Panel: Bettina Wagner-Bergelt, Deputy Director of the Bavarian State Ballet, members of the rehearsal team of the Tanztheater Wuppertal et al.
In April 2016 the Bavarian State Opera in Munich premiered Pina Bausch’s piece Für die Kinder von gestern, heute und morgen (first performed in 2002) with dancers of the Bavarian State Ballet. It was the first time that a relatively recent piece by Pina Bausch was learned and performed by another company. What form does this process of appropriation take? What are the challenges of the transmission? What differences are there between learning this piece and pieces by other choreographers? Is this type of work more closely related to reconstruction or to recreation?
Media partner tanz – Zeitschrift für Ballett, Tanz und Performance