Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities

Sadler's Wells and the Barbican Centre team up for the first time to present an unmissable season of 10 works by renowned choreographer Pina Bausch.

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities at Sadler's Wells and the Barbican

See Tanztheater Wuppertal perform ten works by the late Pina Bausch – including seven UK premieres – at Sadler's Wells and the Barbican.

Each work in World Cities explores a different location around the world: India, Brazil, Palermo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Budapest, Istanbul, Santiago de Chile, Rome and Japan.

Look out for intricate stage designs by Peter Pabst too, including huge tree trunks in Nur Du, a 20-foot-high hill of red silk flowers in Der Fenzterputzer and a bricked-up stage in Palermo, Palermo.

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities is part of the London 2012 Festival.

About Pina Bausch: World Cities

Acclaimed choreographer Pina Bausch and her company, Tanztheater Wuppertal, are known for fusing radical theatre and surreal art with drama and dance.

To create the World Cities series, Bausch and Tanztheater Wuppertal lived in each city or country before returning to Wuppertal in Germany to choreograph work inspired by that place.

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: World Cities at Sadler's Wells and the Barbican features 10 works:

• Viktor (1986) on Rome, Italy. 6-7 June, Sadler's Wells
• Nur Du (Only You) (1996) on California, USA. 9-10 June, Barbican
• …como el musguito en la piedra, ay si si si… (2009) on Santiago, Chile. 12-13 June, Sadler's Wells
• Bamboo Blues (2007) on India. 15-16 June, Barbican
• Der Fensterputzer (The Window Washer) (1997) on Hong Kong, China. 18-19 Juen, Sadler's Wells
• Ten Chi (2004) on Japan. 21-22 June, Barbican
• Néfés (2003) on Istanbul, Turkey. 24-25 June, Sadler's Wells
• Água (2001) on Brazil. 28-29 June, Barbican
• Palermo Palermo (1989) on Palermo, Sicily. 1-2 July, Sadler's Wells
• Wiesenland (2000) on Budapest, Hungary. 8-9 July, Sadler's Wells

Pina Bausch 3D Documentary at the Barbican

Before her death in 2009, Pina Bausch collaborated with acclaimed director Wim Wenders on a unique 3D dance documentary, Pina.

The film was released in April 2011 but is being brought back to the big screen at the Barbican Cinema from 22 to 28 April to accompany the World Cities dance series.