Alternate Title For the Children of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Premiere US Premiere
Country of Origin Germany
Description Für die Kinder von gestern, heute und morgen, first staged in April 2002, was inspired by a Native American story called “How the Bat Came to Be.” According to Bausch, the dance, described as a “multigenerational ode to dancers at each stage of their lives,” is about “getting close again to things we have forgotten and being able to leave behind fears.” The core of the dance revolves around two men, company member Dominique Mercy and former company member Lutz Förster.
The work takes place in a white box of a set, designed by Peter Pabst with moveable windows and doors. The score uses works by John Zorn and Marc Ribot, Prince, Nina Simone, and Marilyn Manson, among other artists.
Identifier 2004f.00795
