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Premiere

12/09/1978
season 1978/79
Opernhaus Wuppertal

Duration

Direction and choreographyPina Bausch
CollaborationRolf Borzik
Marion Cito
Hans Pop
Set and costume designRolf Borzik

Kontakthof's original cast

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Kontakthof


Costumes

from the premiere


    Events

    LocationAmare, The Hague, The Netherlands
    Dates

    10/15/2025, 19:45–21:45

    10/16/2025, 19:45–21:45

    10/18/2025, 19:45–21:45

    EnsembleDancers from the original cast of Pina Bausch's Kontakthof
    ProductionKontakthof – 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.

    A piece by Pina Bausch

    Further dates will be announced.

    LocationNational Theatre of Greece, Athens, Greece
    Dates

    12/17/2025

    EnsemblePerformers casted by the National Theatre of Greece
    ProductionA joint production of National Theatre of Greece and Pina Bausch Foundation.

    LocationOpera House, Wuppertal, Germany
    Dates

    6/5/2026

    6/6/2026

    6/7/2026

    EnsembleDancers from the original cast of Pina Bausch's Kontakthof
    ProductionKontakthof – 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.

    A piece by Pina Bausch

    LocationOpera House, Wuppertal, Germany
    Dates

    6/6/2026

    6/7/2026

    EnsembleTanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

    LocationLAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, Lugano, Switzerland
    Dates

    6/10/2026, 20:00–22:00

    6/11/2026, 20:00–22:00

    EnsembleDancers from the original cast of Pina Bausch's Kontakthof
    Within the framework of Lugano Dance Project 2026
    ProductionKontakthof – 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.

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