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Pina Bausch

Choreographer
Germany

Portrait of Pina Bausch © Ursula Kaufmann

In 2026, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels supports Sadler's Wells for the presentation of Kontakthof - Echoes of '78, a Sadler's Wells, Pina Bausch Foundation and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch production.

Pina Bausch was born in 1940, in Solingen, and died in 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.

Shows

Group of people holding a hose in their hands, pouring water on a man and a woman sitting on the ground who are laughing.

Água
Pina Bausch

Presentation supported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Héléna Pikon is at the back of a stage that is filled with empty chairs, her eyes are closed and her arms stretched downwards.

Café Müller
Pina Bausch

Presentation supported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Dancers in elegant costumes on stage, with a projection of blurred black and white silhouettes in the background.

Kontakthof - Echoes of '78
Pina Bausch | Meryl Tankard

Presentation supported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Group of dancers jumping head turned to the public

Program Pina Bausch x Germaine Acogny
Pina Bausch
Germaine Acogny
Ecole des Sables

Presentation supported by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels