Mazurka Fogo

Performed by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

A landmark production by legendary choreographer Pina Bausch.

Created in 1998 in collaboration with EXPO '98 Lisbon and the Goethe-Institut Lisbon.

📅 Premiere: April 4, 1998, at the Wuppertal Theatre.

⏳ Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes, including an intermission.

Creative Team

🎭 Direction and Choreography — Pina Bausch

🎨 Set Design — Peter Pabst

👗 Costume Design — Marion Cito

🎼 Musical Concept — Andreas Eisenschneider and Matthias Burkert

Created in collaboration with Marion Cito, Irene Martínez Ríos, and Jan Minarik.

2025/26 Season & 2026 Production Rehearsal Directors

🩰 Azusa Seyama-Prioville
🩰 Rainer Behr
🩰 Robert Sturm

Music

The production features music by renowned artists and composers including:

🎵 Amalia Rodrigues
🎵 Ben Webster
🎵 Lisa Ekdahl
🎵 Duke Ellington
🎵 Baden Powell
🎵 Radames Gnattali
🎵 Gidon Kremer
and many others.

📖 Performance rights are managed by Verlag der Autoren, Frankfurt am Main, represented by the Pina Bausch Foundation.

Important Information

⚠️ Latecomers will be admitted to the auditorium only at the beginning of the next section of the performance.

👔 A dress code is enforced at the theatre. Guests wearing shorts will not be admitted.

👶 Children under 6 years of age are admitted only to daytime performances.