A Pina Bausch Dance Made For – And On – Young And Old

“When it first appeared in 1978, Kontakthof showed a dozen men and a dozen women as they prepared for a formal dance, with the action spinning off into surreal flights of fantasy, frustration and regret. When the piece was revived in 2000, however, Bausch decided to up the ante by presenting two different casts. In one, the performers were teenagers, in the other they were over 65 years old.”