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Pina Bausch is one of the most significant choreographers of the 21st century. After setting up her company in 1973, she created 42 pieces in a career spanning 36 years before her untimely death in 2009. She left behind a peerless legacy of having popularised a renewed brand of dance theatre around the world, continuing to inspire choreographers in every discipline of dance. One of the most influential choreographers of our time, Pina Bausch has inspired generations of audiences and artists with an impact that is hard to overestimate. Her death in 2009 leaves a legacy that will be felt for generations to come. Her company Tanztheater Wuppertal returns to Sadler's Wells with Iphigenie auf Tauris, based on Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera. First created in 1974 and very rarely performed, Iphigenie comes to London for the first time. Regarded by many as Gluck's masterpiece, Iphigenie fuses dance, music, chorus and solo arias into a dramatic whole. Gluck conceived the work as Greek tragedy, dealing with the most profound and intense emotions. Run time: 2hrs

Cast/Performers

Ruth Amarante, Clementine Deluy, Pablo Aran Gimeno, Fernando Suels Mendoza, Damiano Ottavio Bigi, Chrystel Guillebeaud, Ditta Miranda Jesjfi, Nayoung Kim, Thusnelda Mercy, Meritxell Checa Esteban, Cristiana Morganti, Azusa Seyama, Julie Anne Stanzak, Aida Vainieri, Anna Wehsarg, Tsai-Chin Yu, Andrey Berezin, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Aida Vainieri, Daphnis Kokkinos, Michael Stecker, Ales Cucek, Chrystel Guillebeaud, Eddie Martinez, Franko Schmidt, Azusa Seyama

Creatives/Company

Design: Jurgen Dreier
Costume: Jurgen Dreier
Choreographer: Pina Bausch
Musical Director: Jan Michael Horstmann