Charmatz shows little that is surprising

Von |2023-09-09T21:43:28+01:009. September, 2023|

Charmatz shows little that is surprising: Any... The Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch presents the first piece of its new director Boris Charmatz with the jaunty French title "Liberté Cathédrale". He places it in the Mariendom in the small town of Neviges, not far from Wuppertal. HERE you will find our video-impressions Night review by [...]

„that’s slow, that’s heavy, that’s German…“

Von |2023-07-08T16:26:32+01:008. Juli, 2023|

"C'est lent, c'est lourd, c'est à l'allemand...." (that's slow, that's heavy, that's German...). said Boris Charmatz, the new intendant and artistic director of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, on 30 June in Montpellier, when discussing the practice of re-staging the plays of the German dance theatre icon. The occasion was a "round table discussion" [...]

THE VALLEY AND ITS WONDER – WONDER VALLEY?

Von |2023-06-21T06:17:57+01:003. Juni, 2023|

THE VALLEY AND ITS WONDER WONDER VALLEY? WANTED: THE HYBRID DANCE ENGINE - A perhaps surprisingly polarising conclusion to nine days of "Wundertal" if you focus it on the core of the expectations of the new artistic director's tasks - it has turned out to be a festival by, with and for Boris Charmatz [...]

„WUNDERTAL“ in Wuppertal Sonnborn (engl.)

Von |2023-05-23T12:32:43+01:0023. Mai, 2023|

english version: "WUNDERTAL" in Wuppertal Sonnborn It was a very well organised event, characterising the first appearance of the new artistic director of the Wuppertal Dance Theatre, Boris Charmatz, in his new place of work. HERE you can find our video impressions a commentary and reflections on this by Klaus Dilger He may have [...]

Jan Minarik. Hommage an ein Monster

Von |2022-07-02T10:48:27+01:001. Juli, 2022|

Jan Minarik. Hommage an ein Monster von Jean-Marc Adolphe (erschienen in Les Humanités mit freundlicher Genehmigung des Autors) Übersetzung aus dem Französischen: Klaus Dilger Für Originaltext bitte scrollen Sie ans Ende des Artikels Er war, zusammen mit Pina Bausch, Teil des ganzen Abenteuers des Wuppertaler Tanztheaters. Jan Minařík starb in seinem Haus in der [...]

Please do not forget…

Von |2022-06-07T18:46:44+01:007. Juni, 2022|

"Sweet Mambo" performed again Please do not forget... "Sweet Mambo" is great cinema, tender, humorous, melancholic, sometimes brutal and dramatic... a farewell - HIER geht es zu unseren Videoimpressionen review by Klaus Dilger translated by Karoline Strys During the rehearsals for his piece, which shall later be called "Bon Voyage, Bob“, Alan Lucien Øyen [...]

Orpheus and Eurydice – A remarkable dance evening

Von |2022-04-16T08:04:18+01:0016. April, 2022|

Second premiere at Tanztheater Wuppertal Orpheus and Eurydice – A remarkable dance evening At Wuppertaler Opernhaus the re-staging with new cast is deeply moving by Klaus Dilger translated by Karoline Strys It is a remarkable evening of dance and this in many respects – having had its premiere as a new production (we reviewed) [...]

Daring the awakening… but with whom and whereto?

Von |2021-10-23T07:58:19+01:0022. Oktober, 2021|

Daring the awakening… but with whom and whereto? For the third time within five years, the advisory board nominates a new artistic director for Tanztheater Wuppertal… that is still bearing the name “Pina Bausch“. op-ed article by Klaus Dilger translated by Karoline Strys If this news appeared in the sports section of a newspaper, [...]

“Bake cookies, bake cookies, … otherwise we are lost!“

Von |2020-11-22T08:37:18+01:0022. November, 2020|

“Bake cookies, bake cookies, ... otherwise we are lost!“ On the virtual festival “Pina Bausch Center – under construction“ Online from November 21 till 29 and partially as a projection on Altes Schauspielhaus Wuppertal an der Kluse Klaus Dilger translated by Karoline Strys „Innovative, creative and experimental – (…) that is how fortune cookies [...]

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