Kontakthof – Echoes of '78
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An encounter with Pina Bausch’s piece Kontakthof
Conceived and Directed by Meryl Tankard
With:
Elisabeth Clarke
Josephine Ann Endicott
Lutz Förster
John Giffin
Ed Kortlandt
Beatrice Libonati
Anne Martin
Arthur Rosenfeld
Meryl Tankard
| Location | Opera House, Wuppertal, Germany |
| Dates | 6/5/2026 6/6/2026 6/7/2026 |
| Ensemble | Dancers from the original cast of Pina Bausch's Kontakthof |
| Production | Kontakthof – Echoes of ’78 is a Sadler’s Wells, Pina Bausch Foundation and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch production. It is co-produced with Amare (The Hague), LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Festspielhaus St. Pölten and China Shanghai International Arts Festival and supported as a contribution to the preparation of the Pina Bausch Centre with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the City of Wuppertal. |
An encounter with Pina Bausch’s piece Kontakthof
Conceived and Directed by Meryl Tankard
With:
Elisabeth Clarke
Josephine Ann Endicott
Lutz Förster
John Giffin
Ed Kortlandt
Beatrice Libonati
Anne Martin
Arthur Rosenfeld
Meryl Tankard
| Location | LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Lugano, Switzerland |
| Dates | 6/10/2026, 20:00–22:00 6/11/2026, 20:00–22:00 |
| Ensemble | Dancers from the original cast of Pina Bausch's Kontakthof |
| Within the framework of Lugano Dance Project 2026 | |
| Production | Kontakthof – Echoes of ’78 is a Sadler’s Wells, Pina Bausch Foundation and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch production. It is co-produced with Amare (The Hague), LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Festspielhaus St. Pölten and China Shanghai International Arts Festival and supported as a contribution to the preparation of the Pina Bausch Centre with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the City of Wuppertal. |