11.04.2025

Urban Arts Ensemble, tanz nrw und Charles Petersohn And The Children Of Zu Zu

Wuppertal, 11 April 2025: Exciting collaborations are on the programme of the Pina Bausch Centre ‘under construction’ in May. Guests include the festival tanz nrw 2025, the Urban Arts Ensemble Ruhr, the first release concert with Charles Petersohn And The Children Of Zu Zu and the co-creative work process ‘What is a Pina Bausch Centre’.

13.03.2025

Ballroom Bliss mit deufert&plischke

Im April feiern deufert&plischke mit Ballroom Bliss, ihrer neuen choreografischen Arbeit im Pina Bausch Zentrum under construction, Premiere. In dem Stück Tanz entlassen deufert&plischke die Kugelmenschen in uns, wunderbare Urgeschöpfe, die durch die Welt rollten und von Anfang an wussten, dass die Welt eine Kugel ist, in der wir uns als Gesellschaft gegenseitig stützen können – wie das Sonnensystem.

26.02.2025

20 dancers for the XX century and even more & NAHAUFNAHME Boris Charmatz

Als letzte Aufführungsserie der Spielzeit 2024/2025 präsentiert das Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris Charmatz in Wuppertal das Projekt 20 dancers for the XX century and even more mit insgesamt 26 Tänzer*innen.

Photo Wilfried Krüger, © Pina Bausch Foundation
Photo Wilfried Krüger, © Pina Bausch Foundation

The Project

The dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch made history: in dance, theatre and throughout the arts. Her unique work and artistic legacy enjoy the status of national cultural heritage. To keep this heritage alive, and provide new ways to access it, the Pina Bausch Centre is planned at Wuppertal’s former municipal theatre, the Schauspielhaus.

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Tanztheater Wuppertal managing director Dirk Hesse on the value of the Pina Bausch Centre to the company

The architectural competition

The architectural competition for the new Pina Bausch Centre was announced in April 2022. It was a high-profile competition that attracted renowned national and international architecture practices, most of whom collaborated with landscape designers for their proposals.

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Architectural Realisation

The Schauspielhaus, Wuppertal’s former municipal theatre, was Pina Bausch’s favourite venue. She created the majority of her works for this stage. Now protected as a historic monument, yet still highly modern in feel, five decades after the building was first opened it has been offered a new future as part of the planned Pina Bausch Centre. On the basis of the plans for its use, Wuppertal council’s facilities management has created a project sketch for the architectural realisation of the idea.

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© Diller Scofidio+ Renfro LLC, New York

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