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Nefés

Pina Bausch’s Istanbul: another stop-off point along her poetic wanderings, another inkling of what it feels like to be human. Nefés was inspired in 2003 by the war in Iraq. It means ‘breath’ in Turkish, and though it sketches a dark city, it never ceases to sing of life. The ancient traditions of the Turkish hamam, Sufi meditation and whirling dervishes, the sensuality of the belly dance: contrasting images that form a fresco of a city flamboyant, bustling yet sad, caught between myth and history.

Co-production: Istanbul Dance Festival & Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

We thank our friends in Istanbul especially: Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Görgün Taner, Dikmen Gürün, Koza Tamdoğan, Ani Haddeler Pekman, Melih Fereli, Gülen İpek Abalı, Emek Abalı, Mehmet Albayrak, Sandra Albukrek, Carlotta Arıkanlı, Hakan Atalah, Ulaş Ay, Çelenk Bafra, Murat Belge, Murat Ersan, Nergis Günsenin, Bike Gürsel, Erdem Helvacıoğlu, Figen Işık, Nazlı Karadağ, Haluk Köse, Geyvan Mc Millen, Esra Nilgün Mirze, Nazan Ölçer, Neslişah Sultan and Can Tursan

A piece by Pina Bausch
In cooperation with Istanbul Theatre Festival and Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV).

Directed & choreographed by Pina Bausch
Sets & Videos: Peter Pabst
Costume Design Marion Cito
Musical Collaboration: Matthias Burkert, Andreas Eisenschneider
Assistants to Director: Marion Cito, Helena Pikon, Robert Sturm

With:
Ruth Amarante, Pablo Aran Gimeno, Rainer Behr, Andrey Berezin, Damiano Ottavio Bigi, Silvia Farias Heredia, Ditta Miranda Jasjfi, Nayoung Kim, Daphnis Kokkinos, Thusnelda Mercy, Pascal Merighi, Nazareth Panadero, Jorge Puerta Armenta, Azusa Seyama, Shantala Shivalingappa, Julie Anne Stanzak, Michael Strecker, Fernando Suels Mendoza, Kenji Takagi, Anna Wehsarg

Music:
Mercan Dede, Birol Topaloglu, ercan Dede, Birol Topaloglu, Burhan Öçal, Replicas, Bülent Ersoy, Candan Erçetin, Sagye, Suren Asaduryan mit Yansimalar; Amon Tobin, Arild Andersen, Bugge Wesseltoft, Chris McGregor´s Brotherhood of Breath, Dr. Rockit, Plastikman, Elektrotwist, Inner Zone Orchestra, Souad Massi, Astor Piazzolla, Tom Waits, Uhuhboo Project

Rehearsals Directors: Helena Pikon, Robert Sturm
Set Design Assistant: Gerburg Stoffel
Costume Design Assistant: Birgit Stoessel
Ballet Master: Paul Melis
Stage Manager: Felicitas Willems
Technical Director:  Jörg Ramershoven
Lighting Director: Fernando Jacon
Lighting Assistants: Jo Verlei, Kerstin Hardt, Lars Priesack
Sound: Karsten Fischer
Stage Technicians: Dietrich Röder, Martin Winterscheidt
Properties: Jan Szito
Warderobe: Silvia Franco, Andreas Maier
Shiatsu Therapist: Ludger Müller

source: greek festival

13 – 15 July 2010, 21:00

Megaron, Τhe Athens Concert Hall, Alexandra Trianti Hall