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Palermo Palermo
Masterpiece of contemporary dance transcends frontiers
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ORIGINALLY performed in 1989, Palermo Palermo was filmed soon afterwards and now, digitally remastered, it reconnects with the neoexpressionist form of dance known as Tanztheater which German dancer, choreographer and director Pina Bausch so brilliantly realised.
An artwork of immense originality, it evokes the lifestyle and atmosphere of the Sicilian city and marked the beginning of Bausch’s obsession with dance as travelogue.
Ceaselessly creative, it captures the nuances of human life set against a backdrop of relentless decay and fruitless power struggles.
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