Fensterputzer (The Window Washer)
A piece by Pina Bausch
In coproduction with Hong Kong Arts Festival Society and Goethe Institute Hong Kong
Director and Choreographer Pina Bausch
Set Design Peter Pabst
Costume Design Marion Cito
Musical Collaboration Matthias Burkert, Andreas Eisenschneider, Marion Cito,
Irene Martinez-Rios, Jan Minarik,
Text Péter Esterházy, Silja Walter, Wislawa Szymborska
Regina Advento, Ruth Amarante, Rainer Behr, Andrey Berezin, Stephan Brinkmann, Raphaelle Delaunay, Mechthild Großmann, Chrystel Guillebeaud, Na Young Kim, Daphnis Kokkinos, Beatrice Libonati, Marigia Maggipinto, Bernd Marszan, Eddie Martinez, Dominique Mercy, Jan Minarik, Cristiana Morganti, Nazareth Panadero, Helena Pikon, Anne Rebeschini, Michael Strecker, Fernando Suels, Aida Vainieri, Jean Guillaume Weis, Michael Whaites
Cast restaging Wuppertal November 2011:
Rehearsal Directors Dominique Mercy, Thusnelda Mercy, Robert Sturm
Regina Advento, Ruth Amarante, Rainer Behr, Andrey Berezin, Damiano Ottavio Bigi, Aleš Čuček, Pablo Aran Gimeno, Clémentine Deluy, Mechthild Großmann, Ditta Miranda Jasjfi, Nayoung Kim, Daphnis Kokkinos, Eddie Martinez, Dominique Mercy, Cristiana Morganti, Nazareth Panadero, Helena Pikon, Franko Schmidt, Azusa Seyama, Julie Anne Stanzak, Michael Strecker, Fernando Suels Mendoza
Music Songs and music from China, Drumming from China, India, and Mexico, traditional Romanian Gypsy music, Fado, Songs from Argentina and Cape Verde, Iranian Guitar music, thirteenth and sixteenth century love songs, Jazz from Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Nnenna Freelon, Al Cooper, Barney Kessel, Jo Stafford, Frantic Faye Thomas and the Jesse Powell Orchestra...
Premiere 12 February 1997, Opera House Wuppertal
International engagements/tours
1997 Hong Kong; New York; 1998 Paris; Istanbul; Stockholm; 1999 Saitama; 2000 Avignon; Bologna; 2001 Vilnius; 2003 Barcelona; 2003 Basel; 2004 Antwerp; Moscow;
Foto: Maarten Vanden Abeele