17.10.2025

THIS IS A PREMIERE – Eine Tanzperformance von und mit Cristiana Morganti und Emanuele Soavi

Zwei prägende Persönlichkeiten der internationalen Tanzszene treffen erstmals aufeinander – Cristiana Morganti und Emanuele Soavi. Als Performende und als Autorin und Autor erkunden sie in einem Zusammenspiel aus Worten, Gesten und Tanz ihr Verständnis von Kunst und Theater – und fragen zugleich nach ihrer Herkunft.

10.10.2025

SWEAT. A Musclical / 25. & 26. November

Who composes? Who plays? On what? For SWEAT Rimini Protokoll pose these questions in a humorous new way. Fitness machines – taken from the world of physical self-optimization – now become music machines on the concert stage, and training muscles now means making music.

10.09.2025

Showcase „paths through my garden – Kunst von Mark Sieczkarek“

We invite you to the showcase paths through my garden – Art by Mark Sieczkarek, an outstanding choreographer and artist. The showcase will take place from Thursday, October 9 to Sunday, October 26, 2025 at the Schauspielhaus and future Pina Bausch Centre, Bundesallee 260, 42103 Wuppertal.

Photo Wilfried Krüger, © Pina Bausch Foundation
Photo Wilfried Krüger, © Pina Bausch Foundation

The Project

The dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch made history: in dance, theatre and throughout the arts. Her unique work and artistic legacy enjoy the status of national cultural heritage. To keep this heritage alive, and provide new ways to access it, the Pina Bausch Centre is planned at Wuppertal’s former municipal theatre, the Schauspielhaus.

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Ausstellungseröffnung zum Wettbewerb Pina Bausch Zentrum

Ausstellungseröffnung zum Wettbewerb Pina Bausch Zentrum

The architectural competition

The architectural competition for the new Pina Bausch Centre was announced in April 2022. It was a high-profile competition that attracted renowned national and international architecture practices, most of whom collaborated with landscape designers for their proposals.

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© Diller Scofidio+ Renfro LLC, New York

Architectural Realisation

The Schauspielhaus, Wuppertal’s former municipal theatre, was Pina Bausch’s favourite venue. She created the majority of her works for this stage. Now protected as a historic monument, yet still highly modern in feel, five decades after the building was first opened it has been offered a new future as part of the planned Pina Bausch Centre. On the basis of the plans for its use, Wuppertal council’s facilities management has created a project sketch for the architectural realisation of the idea.

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© Diller Scofidio+ Renfro LLC, New York
© Diller Scofidio+ Renfro LLC, New York

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