Lupus in fabula

The point of origin of this performance is the choreographer and dance artist Pina Bausch. In the period from the 1970’s to the 1990’s, her shows brought into question the conventional borders between dance, drama, and opera. The Rite of Spring (1975), Komm, tanz mit mir (1977), Bluebeard (1977), Café Müller (1978), Arias (1979), Carnations (1982) and Palermo, Palermo (1989) forever changed the map of artistic expression. Pina Bausch introduced us to the world of a specific bestiary, bloodthirsty and merciless, where victims pleaded for mercy long after their “last cigarette” was put out.

The forest of Pine Bausch is magical and creepy.

We are familiar with her, although we never saw any of her performances here in Croatia.

We know what she’s thinking about when she hits the wall (the older she gests, the more fierce her struggle with the wall is).

Just as we know the delight evoked by tearing down a huge, five-ton wall in her performance Palermo, Palermo.

We understand why, in Pina Bausch’s performances, crocodiles lie right next to performers, why there are stuffed deer, great river horses, whales, and polar bears.