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Pina Bausch herself danced in this piece. Even the set designer Rolf Borzik appears on stage. He moves the many chairs out of the dancers’ way.

Premiere

05/20/1978
season 1977/78
Opernhaus Wuppertal

Choreography

Pina Bausch

Set and costume design

Rolf Borzik

Music

Henry Purcell


Café Müller was originally the title of a four-part evening. In 1978, Pina Bausch invited choreographers Gerhard Bohner, Gigi-Gheorghe Caciuléanu and Hans Pop to work with her ensemble. Following the same cues, three more pieces were created in addition to Pina Bausch’s piece. Only the piece by Pina Bausch is still performed today. Since 1980, Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch presents Café Müller as a double bill with The Rite of Spring.

Rolf Borzik designed the original stage set. Peter Pabst adapted the set for a performance in 1987 in Athens (Greece). The stage of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus was smaller than usual. He came up with the idea to use glass walls for the smaller stage. Sometimes, this set design is still used today.

In 2017, as part of a transmission by the Pina Bausch Foundation, the Opera Ballett Vlaanderen rehearsed and performed Café Müller.


Performances


From the Pina Bausch archives
Café Müller

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Costumes

from the premiere


    Events

    Café Müller
    July 2023 · La Villette, Paris

    A piece by Pina Bausch

    Dates

    7/6/2023

    7/7/2023

    7/8/2023

    7/10/2023

    7/11/2023

    7/12/2023

    CEST

    LocationLa Villette, Paris, France
    OrganizerThéâtre de la Ville
    EnsembleTanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
    Additional InformationThéâtre de la Ville Tickets

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