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Pina Bausch: Orpheus and Eurydice review " piercing sadness by Chris Wiegand

Opera House, WuppertalDancers and singers share the lead roles in Tanztheater Wuppertal's lucid version of the myth, set to Gluck's score Rancorous couples who can't stand the sight of each other are common among the parading figures of Pina Bausch's dance theatre. But in one of her earliest creations, from 1975, she retold the story of the devoted Orpheus, expressly forbidden from looking at Eurydice as he leads her…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AM on April 15, 2022

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