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An earthy rite of spring ; SECOND OPINION
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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...