Kontakthof Mit Damen und Herren ab ´65`

Hands feel, legs drag themselves, life goes by, time runs away, dance takes to the air and frees us

- Daniel Conrod, Télérama

Kontakthof (which means meeting place and, by extension, a brothel), was first premiered in 1978 with the dancers of the Tanztheater Wuppertal. In the year 2000, Pina Bausch took up the work again - but this time with a cast made up of men and women all over the age of 65.

Bausch (the creator of legendary titles such as Café Müller, Nefés and Palermo Palermo) immerses us in a nostalgic world which examines in depth the need to feel loved. Transgression, eroticism and tenderness come together in a work which one critic described as "cruel and moving at the same time".

In the background, the music of Charlie Chaplin, Anton Karas, Juan Llossas, Nino Rota and Jean Sibelius.

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