Nazareth Panadero
Nazareth Panadero is a dancer in the Tanztheater Wuppertal from 1979 to 2021. She was involved in the development of 19 pieces by Pina Bausch. Today she dances as a guest for the Tanztheater.
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1979 to 2021 | member of the Tanztheater Wuppertal |
Biography
Nazareth Panadero
was born 1955 in Madrid, where she studied at the Real Conservatorio under Ana Lázaro, as well as with Juliette Durand, before completing her dance education in Zaragoza with Maria de Ávila. From 1976 to 1978 she danced at the Ballet Théâtre Contemporain d'Angers, where she worked with contemporary American choreographers. She moved to Paris to augment her classical ballet education by studying Modern Dance in Peter Goss’s studio. There she was discovered by Brigitte Real, who invited her to join her Ballet de Poche. In 1979 in Paris, together with her then boyfriend, later husband, Janusz Subicz, she saw Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal performing Bluebeard. While listening to a tape recording of Béla Bartók’s Opera “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle”. It was her first encounter with dance theatre and she was impressed both by this innovative form and by the emotional strength of the piece. More out of curiosity than in the hope of being taken on, they both attended an audition for the company. They wanted to meet the artist at close quarters. Against all expectations Pina Bausch hired both Panadero and Subicz, without knowing they were a couple.
Person and fictional character
Her arrival in the ensemble of strong personalities in Wuppertal began with new challenges, not least Pina Bausch’s way of working, asking her dancers questions. She soon settled into the new methods however. Together, Pina Bausch and Nazareth Panadero created a fictional character who made a mark on many pieces from 1979 onwards. She is a Spanish woman with a rolling R, speaking a fiercely pronounced, slightly abrupt German, telling jokes, or anecdotes invoking her grandmother, or delivering puns in a stentorian voice. She represents a cliché, yet demonstrates in the same instant that this is just an image. At all times, however, Panadero lets the person beneath show through. Her fictional character has many facets. She can play the tetchy, hysterical diva and then the vulnerable Lolita. She can scold or murmur, give angry rasps or low moans. Her humour is laconic and for just that reason spot on. Not that she simply skims the surface, however. ‘Good humour needs a tragic or bitter side, otherwise it has no depth,’ Nazareth Panadero says. With Pina Bausch she was able to explore many different sides to her personality – including the ones she didn’t live out privately, describing herself as shy. Over the decades in Wuppertal she retained this potential for discovering something new. She was part of the creation of nineteen productions in total, from Keuschheitslegende (Legend of Chastity, 1979) to 'Sweet Mambo' (2008) and gave them a unique quality, lodged deep in the memories of audiences.
Now she has started teaching her roles to younger dancers. She also repeatedly creates her own choreographies, such as the piece Nanna quiere bailar (1987), together with Janusz Subicz for the Festival Internacional de Teatro en Granada, as well as several duets with Michael Strecker. As a member of the ensemble she danced in new pieces by Tim Etchells, Alan Lucien Øyen, Richard Siegal and Jonathan Glazer. She recorded the song ‘Los Días Largos’ with Jun Miyake for Lost Memory Theatre – act 3.
She has been awarded many prizes. In 2000 she received the Premio Andorra, in 2014 the Spanish Premio Nacional de Danza and in 2019 the Medalla de Oro por el mérito en Bellas Artes.
Text by Norbert Servos
Translated by Steph Morris
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Premieres
Piece | Keuschheitslegende (Legend of Chastity) |
Date | 13 December 1979 |
Venue | Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
Dance | Anne Marie Benati |
Anne Martin | |
Arnaldo Alvarez | |
Arthur Rosenfeld | |
Beatrice Libonati | |
Ed Kortlandt | |
Gary Austin Crocker | |
Heide Tegeder | |
Heinz Samm | |
Isabel Ribas Serra | |
Jan Minařík | |
Janusz Subicz | |
Jean Laurent Sasportes | |
Josephine Ann Endicott | |
Lutz Förster | |
Mechthild Großmann | |
Meryl Tankard | |
Monika Sagon | |
Nazareth Panadero | |
Actor | Hans Dieter Knebel |
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Piece | 1980 – A Piece by Pina Bausch |
Date | 18 May 1980 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
Dance | Anne Marie Benati |
Anne Martin | |
Arthur Rosenfeld | |
Beatrice Libonati | |
Ed Kortlandt | |
Hans Dieter Knebel | |
Heide Tegeder | |
Isabel Ribas Serra | |
Jan Minařík | |
Janusz Subicz | |
Jean Laurent Sasportes | |
Lutz Förster | |
Mari Di Lena | |
Mechthild Großmann | |
Meryl Tankard | |
Monika Sagon | |
Nazareth Panadero | |
Vivienne Newport | |
Special performer | Arthur Sockel |
Max Walther | |
Ralf John Ernesto |
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Piece | Bandoneon |
Date | 21 December 1980 |
Venue | Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Walzer |
Date | 17 June 1982 |
Venue | Koninklijk Theater Carré Amsterdam Amsterdam Netherlands |
Dance | Anne Marie Benati |
Arthur Rosenfeld | |
Beatrice Libonati | |
Bénédicte Billiet | |
Christian Trouillas | |
Ed Kortlandt | |
Francis Viet | |
Hans Pop | |
Héléna Pikon | |
Jakob Haahr Andersen | |
Jan Minařík | |
Janusz Subicz | |
Jean Laurent Sasportes | |
Josephine Ann Endicott | |
Malou Airaudo | |
Meryl Tankard | |
Monika Sagon | |
Nazareth Panadero | |
Urs Kaufmann | |
Vitus Zeplichal | |
Actor | Mechthild Großmann |
Musician | Matthias Burkert |
Stagehand | Heinz Czyganowski |
Lighting | Hans-Joachim Deinert |
Sound | Hartmut Millard |
Helmut Schoth | |
Costume assistant | Bernd Bremer |
Rosemarie Hess | |
Ballet master | Dominique Mercy |
Jean Cébron | |
Stage manager | Peter Lütke |
Source of cast | Evening leaflet for “Walzer” by Pina Bausch in in Amsterdam, 06/17/1982 – 06/20/1982 |
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Piece | Nelken (Carnations) |
Date | 30 December 1982 |
Venue | Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört (On the Mountain a Cry Was Heard) |
Date | 13 May 1984 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Palermo Palermo |
Date | 17 December 1989 |
Venue | Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Tanzabend II |
Date | 27 April 1991 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
Dance | Anne Marie Benati |
Barbara Kaufmann | |
Beatrice Libonati | |
Bernd Uwe Marszan | |
Dominique Mercy | |
Dulce Pessoa | |
Finola Cronin | |
Francis Viet | |
Geraldo Si Loureiro | |
Jakob Haahr Andersen | |
Jan Minařík | |
Janusz Subicz | |
Julie Anne Stanzak | |
Julie Shanahan | |
Kyomi Ichida | |
Marigia Maggipinto | |
Mariko Aoyama | |
Mark Alan Wilson | |
Nazareth Panadero | |
Quincella Swyningan | |
Thomas Duchatelet | |
Urs Kaufmann | |
Set design assistant | Helga Schnüttgen |
Lighting | Johan Delaere |
Make-up | Carla Terhardt |
Management | Matthias Schmiegelt |
Organizational staff | Claudia Irman |
Technical direction | Johan Delaere |
Lighting direction | Wolfgang Lauber |
Leitung Kostüm | Evelyn Schönwald |
Leitung Requisite | Herbert Kuhn |
Workshop management | Leo Haase |
Stage manager | Peter Lütke |
Cloakroom | Harald Boll |
Rosemarie Hess | |
Source of cast | Booklet for “Tanzabend II” by Pina Bausch in in Wuppertal, April 27, 1991 |
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Piece | Das Stück mit dem Schiff (The Piece with the Ship) |
Date | 16 January 1993 |
Venue | Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
Dance | Aida Vainieri |
Barbara Kaufmann | |
Beatrice Libonati | |
Bernd Uwe Marszan | |
Dominique Mercy | |
Felix Ruckert | |
Francis Viet | |
Geraldo Si Loureiro | |
Hans Beenhakker | |
Héléna Pikon | |
Jakob Haahr Andersen | |
Jan Minařík | |
Janusz Subicz | |
Jean Laurent Sasportes | |
Julie Anne Stanzak | |
Julie Shanahan | |
Marigia Maggipinto | |
Mariko Aoyama | |
Nazareth Panadero | |
Quincella Swyningan | |
Ruth Amarante | |
Thomas Duchatelet | |
Musician | Matthias Burkert |
Set design assistant | Helga Schnüttgen |
Lighting | Klaus Weiz |
Make-up | Frank Pohler |
Sound | Frank Strätker |
Klaus Grimm | |
Management | Matthias Schmiegelt |
Organizational staff | Claudia Irman |
Ballet master | Agnes Pallai |
Brian Bertscher | |
Christine Kono-Pohlmann | |
Technical direction | Dieter Simon |
Klaus Weiz | |
Manfred Marczewski | |
Leitung Bühnentechnik | Manfred Marczewski |
Peter Ernestus | |
Lighting direction | Siegfried Schuchmann |
Leitung Kostüm | Evelyn Schönwald |
Leitung Requisite | Herbert Kuhn |
Workshop management | Leo Haase |
Stage manager | Jürgen Schneidenbach |
Cloakroom | Andreas Maier |
Harald Boll | |
Rosemarie Hess | |
Source of cast | Evening leaflet for “Das Stück mit dem Schiff (The Piece with the Ship)” by Pina Bausch in in Wuppertal, Jan. 16, 1993 |
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Piece | Ein Trauerspiel |
Date | 12 February 1994 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Nur Du (Only You) |
Date | 11 May 1996 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
Dance | Aida Vainieri |
Andrey Berezin | |
Barbara Kaufmann | |
Bernd Uwe Marszan | |
Chrystel Guillebeaud | |
Daphnis Kokkinos | |
Dominique Mercy | |
Eddie Martinez | |
Elena Adaeva | |
Fernando Suels Mendoza | |
Héléna Pikon | |
Jan Minařík | |
Jean-Guillaume Weis | |
Julie Anne Stanzak | |
Julie Shanahan | |
Kyomi Ichida | |
Michael Whaites | |
Nazareth Panadero | |
Rainer Behr | |
Regina Advento | |
Ruth Amarante | |
Stephan Brinkmann | |
Set design assistant | Helga Schnüttgen |
Management | Matthias Schmiegelt |
Collaborator | Claudia Irman |
Manfred Marczewski | |
Peter Ernestus | |
Volker Lünenschloß | |
Source of cast | Booklet for “Nur Du (Only You)” by Pina Bausch in in Wuppertal, May 11, 1996 |
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Piece | Der Fensterputzer (The Window Washer) |
Date | 12 February 1997 |
Venue | Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Masurca Fogo |
Date | 4 April 1998 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | O Dido |
Date | 10 April 1999 |
Venue | Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | For the Children of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow |
Date | 25 April 2002 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Nefés |
Date | 21 March 2003 |
Venue | Opernhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Ten Chi |
Date | 8 May 2004 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | Vollmond (Full Moon) |
Date | 11 May 2006 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
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Piece | 'Sweet Mambo' |
Date | 30 May 2008 |
Venue | Schauspielhaus Wuppertal Wuppertal Germany |
Dance | Aida Vainieri |
Andrey Berezin | |
Daphnis Kokkinos | |
Héléna Pikon | |
Julie Anne Stanzak | |
Julie Shanahan | |
Michael Strecker | |
Nazareth Panadero | |
Regina Advento |
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