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.

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

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

€40 (Prime Circle); €30 (Α’); €20 (Β’); €15 (Γ’); €10 (Concessions)

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