Café Müller Show Program
Café Müller Show Program content
DANCE THEATRE / GERMANY AND FRANCE
Café Müller
Pina Bausch
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris Charmatz
Dates: Mon 10 Mar – Sun 16 Mar
Venue: Festival Theatre
Duration: 40 minutes, no interval
Principal Donor – Girgensohn Foundation
Supported by Goethe Institut
Presenting Partner: The Australian
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Credits
Café Müller (1978)
With (alternately): Dean Biosca, Naomi Brito, Emily Castelli, Maria Giovanna Delle Donne, Taylor Drury, Simon Le Borgne*, Réginald Lefebvre, Alexander López Guerra, Blanca Noguerol Ramírez, Michael Strecker, Christopher Tandy.
Choreography and direction: Pina Bausch
Set design and costumes: Rolf Borzik
Collaboration: Marion Cito, Hans Pop
Music: Henry Purcell
Rehearsal Direction: Barbara Kaufmann
Café Müller premiered in Opera House Wuppertal on May 20th, 1978 with: Malou Airaudo, Pina Bausch, Rolf Borzik, Dominique Mercy, Jan Minařík, Meryl Tankard.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
Boris Charmatz – Artistic Director
Dr. Daniel Siekhaus – Managing Director
Robert Sturm – Artistic Management Director
Terrain Hélène Joly – Deputy Director
Touring Team
Technical Director: Jörg Ramershoven
Stage Manager: Andreas Deutz
Lighting Technician: Robin Diehl
Sound: Karsten Fischer
Head Stage Technician: Gökhan Mihci
Wardrobe: Katherina Fröhlich*, Renatus Matuschowitz*
Physiotherapist: Bernd-Uwe Marszan
Training: Min Li
Planning and Tour Management: Leonie Werner
Direction of Productions Terrain: Lucas Chardon*
*guest
About Café Müller
Never before seen in Australia, Café Müller is one of the most iconic works of Pina Bausch’s extraordinary repertoire and one of the most influential dance pieces of the 20th century. In this autobiographical work, a sleepwalking woman staggers, arms outstretched, through a dark, cramped restaurant.
Amid the plaintive swell of Henry Purcell’s greatest arias, a cast of devastated characters plays out a litany of tender cruelties as they lift, drop, and chase each other in a feedback loop of perpetual disappointment.
Combining the brilliance of the legendary German choreographer with the beauty of Purcell’s arias, the masterpiece has its Australian premiere.
“The way it gets to the core of love and loss – I just don’t know a single film that has been able to come remotely close to that. It shows me more about men and women than the whole history of cinema.” - Wim Wenders
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