Pina Bausch and Meryl Tankard

Kontakthof Echoes of ’78

Project Overview

Kontakthof by Pina Bausch was first performed in 1978. This 2024 ‘echoes’ version features the surviving cast members from the original show who are  now in their late 70’s and early 80’s but remarkably still able to dance on stage. The remixed version weaves the onstage choreography between filmed footage captured tin 1978. The old footage projected on a holo-gauze enabling the dancers to interact and dance live amongst their younger selves.
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Credits:
Conceived and Directed by Meryl Tankard
Original choreography by Pina Bausch
Video Director: Meryl Tankard
Video Editor: Kenny Ang
Projection Designers: YeastCulture
Lighting Designer: Ryan Joseph Stafford
Sound Designer: David McEwan
Artistic Assistant to the Director: Cristiana Morganti
Artistic Collaborator: Bénédicte Billiet
Rehearsal Assistant and Rehearsal Dancer: Sophia Otto
Produced by Sadlers Wells and Tanztheatre Wuppertal
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Performed by Elisabeth Clarke, Josephine Ann Endicott, Lutz Förster, John Giffin, Ed Kortlandt, Beatrice Libonati, Anne Martin, Arthur Rosenfeld, and Meryl Tankard