PALERMO PALERMO

A crash, then a wall collapses. Palermo, Palermo opens with a disintegration that has a strange resonance with history. Conceived in 1989, during a dance company residency in Palermo, this emblematic piece in Pina Bausch’s repertoire marks the beginning of a series of portraits of cities. In it, the choreographer captures the energy of the Sicilian city at that time. She reproduces its theatricality, portraying both its violence and its beauty.

The troupe’s dancers whirl around and face off on the stage, lending substance to a tumultuous fresco of human passions. Here you can recognise the unique choreographic vocabulary of Tanztheater, made up of broad movements that sweep bodies along and of motions of restrained mechanics. A unique opportunity to see this flagship dance theatre creation (again).