Friday, Nov. 7
KONTAKTHOF
WITH TEENAGERS OVER ’14’
By Pina Bausch
Première
BuJazzO
Das Jugendjazzorchester der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
(youth jazz orchestra of the Federal Republic of Germany)
conductor: Wolfgang Schmidtke
featuring Arkady Shilkloper bugel, alphorn
Saturday, Nov. 8
KONTAKTHOF
WITH TEENAGERS OVER ’14’
By Pina Bausch
Première
ANOTHER ME
Exhibition opening
Transformations from Pain to Power
Girls and Women in the Care of Sanlaap, Kolkata
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ACHINTO
KONTAKTHOF
WITH LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OVER ’65’
By Pina Bausch
Sunday, Nov. 9
WUTAL BATTLE
Among others the winners of the hip-hop contest held at the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum
Monday, Nov. 10
KAMIHIKOUKI
LES AVIONS DE PAPIER
Japanese schoolgirls from Takasaki
Fabien Prioville & BALLET NOAH
Europäische Erstaufführung
Tuesday, Nov. 11
Wednesday, Nov. 12
KAMIHIKOUKI
LES AVIONS DE PAPIER
Japanese schoolgirls from Takasaki
Fabien Prioville & BALLET NOAH
Thursday, Nov. 13
VERY SPECIAL
SYLVIE GUILLEM / RUSSELL MALIPHANT PUSH London
EVA YERBABUENA
Sevilla
SAVION GLOVER tap dance with Jazz Band New York
German première
Friday, Nov. 14
SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI
Brussels
Featuring a cappella Corsican songs
by A FILETTA
APOCRIFU
German première
Saturday, Nov. 15
PLUS OU MOINS L’INFINI
AURÉLIEN BORY &
PHIL SOLTANOFF Toulouse
CIE 111 - A journey to Absurdistan. Circus, theater, dance
SIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI
Brussels
Featuring a cappella Corsican songs
by A FILETTA
APOCRIFU
German première
Sunday, Nov. 16
VOLLMOND
By Pina Bausch
Tanztheater Wuppertal
Monday, Nov. 17
MEOW MEOW
BEYOND GLAMOUR New York / Sydney
Chanson and cabaret – wild and chaotic
Tuesday, Nov. 18
PETER BRÖTZMANN
his trio, FULL BLAST +
KEN VANDERMARK
saxophone, electric bass, drums
Wednesday, Nov. 19
LE PETIT TRAVERS
COLLECTIF PETIT TRAVERS
Toulouse
A small spectacle between absurdity and melancholy
PALERMO PALERMO
By Pina Bausch
Tanztheater Wuppertal
Co-production: Teatro Biondo Stabile di Palermo and Andres Neumann International
Thursday, Nov. 20
BALLET DE L’OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
Music by Chr. W. Gluck
A dance opera by Pina Bausch
With the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and the Chor der Wuppertaler Bühnen
directed by Philippe Hui
BOOK OF MAN
(Emberkönyv)
O. Caruso / Ferenc Fehér COMPANY FINITA LA COMMEDIA
Budapest
Solo with Ferenc Fehér.
German première
A Hula Drama
KAHEKILI Maui, Hawaii
About Maui's Paramount Warrior Chief
The legend of the god of thunder
European première
Friday, Nov. 21
BALLET DE L’OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS
ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
Music by Chr. W. Gluck
A dance opera by Pina Bausch
With the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker and the Chor der Wuppertaler Bühnen
directed by Philippe Hui
LOT. US
MUI CHEUK-YIN / PRISCILLA LEUNG
Hongkong
Choreography: Mui Cheuk-Yin
Gentle and poetic
European première
GUANGDONG MODERN DANCE COMPANY Guangdong, China
STICKS - Choreography: Sang Jijia
Powerful and expressive
German première
LE PETIT TRAVERS
COLLECTIF PETIT TRAVERS
Toulouse
A small spectacle between absurdity and melancholy
NEFÉS
By Pina Bausch
Tanztheater Wuppertal
Co-production: International Istanbul Theatre Festival and Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
MEOW MEOW
BEYOND GLAMOUR
New York / Sydney
Chanson and cabaret – wild und chaotic
Saturday, Nov. 22
XINXIN
Taipeh
THE MASTER OF CLASSICAL NANGUAN MUSIC
Chinese court music from the third to the sixth century
European première
MATTER
JULIE NIOCHE Paris
A.I.M.E. – Association d’Individus en Mouvements Engagés
GAFF AFF
ZIMMERMANN & DE PERROT
Zürich
The young Buster Keaton and his virtuoso DJ
Sunday, Nov. 23
THE OVERCOAT
by Nikolai Gogol
THEATER OF WONDERS Santiago de Chile
Puppet theater
European première
L’ORCHESTRA DI PIAZZA VITTORIO
Rome
THE FILM, a contemporary fairy tale, and THE CONCERT
An ORCHESTRA featuring musicians from around the world.
First German performance
SNOWMAN SINKING
ANTONY RIZZI
Frankfurt
"Every night, I empty my heart – and it’s full again the next morning."
LE PETIT TRAVERS
COLLECTIF PETIT TRAVERS
Toulouse
A small spectacle between absurdity and melancholy
MASURCA FOGO
By Pina Bausch
Tanztheater Wuppertal
Co-production: EXPO 98 Lisbon and the Goethe Institute Lisbon
Monday, Nov. 24
SAWAMI FUKUOKA / EMIO GRECO | PC
(DOUBLE POINTS: HELL)
Mikhail Baryshnikov Ana Laguna / Mats Ek (PLACE)
Ally Voye Marissa Ruazol Maya Gingery Eva Aymami Rosemary Candelario / Jia Wu (THE OTHER SHORE)
Huang Pei-hua / LIN Hwai-min (by: MOON WATER)
Ditta Miranda Jasjfi / Pina Bausch (aus: VOLLMOND)
Marie-Agnès Gillot Jirí Bubenícek / Jirí Bubenícek (INTIMATE DISTANCE)
Emanuel Gat (by: u.a.THE RITE OF SPRING)
Ana Laguna / Pina Bausch
(by: FÜR DIE KINDER VON GESTERN, HEUTE UND MORGEN)
Dominique Mercy / Pina Bausch (by: NUR DU)
Members of LaLaLa Human Steps / Éduard Lock
Tuesday, Nov. 25
Wednesday, Nov. 26
AKABI
AYDIN TEKER Istanbul
FIGURE 8 RACE Remix
MAREN STRACK and post theater
[New York / Berlin / Tokyo]
PERFORMANCE ABOUT DEMOLITION, DERBIES AND CLÄRENORE STINNES, the first woman to drive around the world
Thursday, Nov. 27
I AM A DEMON
PICHET KLUNCHUN Bangkok
A demon is a friend on the journey to one’s self
ÉRECTION
PIERRE RIGAL / AURÉLIEN BORY
Toulouse
Sometimes reverse jellyfish, sometimes crocodile silently crawling, Ikarus without wings, sad clown of all times
Friday, Nov. 28
Saturday, Nov. 29
Sunday, Nov. 30
HEIMATLIEDER (country songs)
Manfred Schoof, Conny Bauer, Wolfgang Schmidtke, Hans Reichel, Ute Völker,
Christian Ramond, Peter Weiss + Melissa Madden Gray
trumpet, trombone, saxophone, daxophon, accordion, double bass, drums