Dance
Palermo Palermo
A piece by Pina Bausch
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
In co-production with Teatro Biondo Stabile, Palermo and Andres Neumann International
World premiere 17 December 1989, Opernhaus Wuppertal
Palermo Palermo. Ensemble © Laurent Philippe
Pina Bausch
was born 1940 in Solingen and died 2009 in Wuppertal. She received her dance training at the Folkwang School in Essen under Kurt Jooss, where she achieved technical excellence. Soon after the director of Wuppertal’s theatres, Arno Wüstenhöfer, engaged her as choreographer, from autumn 1973, she renamed the ensemble the Tanztheater Wuppertal. Under this name, although controversial at the beginning, the company gradually achieved international recognition. Its combination of poetic and everyday elements influenced the international development of dance decisively. Awarded some of the greatest prizes and honours world-wide, Pina Bausch is one of the most significant choreographers of our time.
Director and choreographer Pina Bausch
Set design Peter Pabst
Costume design Marion Cito
Musical collaboration Matthias Burkert, Andreas Eisenschneider
Direction of rehearsals for revival Ruth Amarante, Michael Strecker, Robert Sturm
Danced by Regina Advento, Emma Barrowman, Rainer Behr, Andrey Berezin, Michael Carter, Çağdaş Ermis, Jonathan Fredrickson, Scott Jennings, Barbara Kaufmann, Daphnis Kokkinos, Eddie Martinez,Dominique Mercy, Blanca Noguerol Ramírez, Breanna O’Mara, Nazareth Panadero, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Jean-Laurent Sasportes, Franko Schmidt, Azusa Seyama, Julie Shanahan, Julie Anne Stanzak, Julian Stierle, Fernando Suels Mendoza, Tsai-Wei Tien, Ophelia Young, Tsai-Chin Yu
Pianists Matthias Burkert, Iñigo Giner Miranda, Christoph „Mäcki“ Hamann, Panagiotis Iliopoulos, Tom Rojo Poller, Franko Schmidt
Saxophonist Johannes Schleiermacher
Child Mio Joshua Kopp, Liam Kinli
Music Edvard Grieg, Niccolo Paganini, music from south Italy, Africa, Japan and Scotland, Renaissance music, Blues and Jazz from America …
Palermo Palermo. Ensemble
© Laurent Philippe
Palermo Palermo. Andrey Berezin
© Laurent Philippe
Palermo Palermo. Ensemble
© Jochen Viehoff
Palermo Palermo. Ensemble
© Jong Duk Woo
Palermo Palermo
© Francesco Carbone
Palermo Palermo. Ruth Amarante
© Oliver Look
Performing rights Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, represented by Pina Bausch FoundationThe Berlin performance of “Palermo Palermo” is supported by Inga Maren Otto.