An earthy rite of spring ; SECOND OPINION

From: Evening Standard - London | Date: February 25, 2008| Author: BEN LEWIS | Copyright information

Pina Bausch Sadler's Wells

I HAD to pull a lot of strings to get a ticket to see Pina Bausch's sellout show at Sadler's Well last week.

She is Europe's greatest living choreographer and the principal exponent of Tanztheater, a fusion of modern ballet and theatre. Her fans, myself included, worship her.

This time, Bausch revived two of her early formative works from the Seventies. The last time I saw Cafe Muller was on a low-quality VHS tape at university in the mid- Eighti...