“That,” Charmatz said, “was the first smell of what the next season, and my work here, will be.”His task isn’t easy.
In the years immediately after Bausch’s death, the company was run by the longtime Wuppertal dancer Dominique Mercy and the rehearsal director Robert Sturm; they were succeeded in 2013 by another veteran dancer, Lutz Förster.
“I was prepared to say no,” said Charmatz, who was initially approached by a search committee.
We are going to do it together.”The 2023-24 season opens in September with Charmatz’s new “Liberté Cathédrale,” performed at a 1968 Brutalist church in Neviges, north of Wuppertal.
That piece will be followed in November by a triple bill, “Club Amour,” which combines Charmatz’s “Aatt enen tionon” and “herses, duo” with Bausch’s “Café Müller.”
Persons:
” Charmatz, Bausch’s “, “, Dominique Mercy, Robert Sturm, Lutz Förster, Adolphe Binder, Bausch, Binder, ”, Charmatz, “ herses
Organizations:
Manchester International, Bausch’s “ Palermo Palermo ”, Tanztheater
Locations:
Bausch’s, Wuppertal, Tanztheater Wuppertal, Neviges