Since She by Dimitris Papaioannou (2018)

Lighting Design, Music Arrangement, Artistic Consultant

Commissioned by the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, the work was created in 2018 in Wuppertal, Germany. The work premiered in May 2018 at the Wuppertal Opera House.

Conceived, visualized + directed by: Dimitris Papaioannou

Performers: 
Ruth Amarante, Michael Carter, Silvia Farias Heredia, Ditta Miranda Jasjfi, Scott Jennings, Milan Kampfer, Blanca Noguerol Ramírez, Breanna O’Mara, Franko Schmidt, Azusa Seyama, Ekaterina Shushakova, Julie Anne Stanzak, Oleg Stepanov, Julian Stierle, Michael Strecker, Tsai-Wei Tien, Ophelia Young

Set Design: Tina Tzoka
Costumes: Thanos Papastergiou
Light Design: Fernando Jacon, Stephanos Droussiotis
Sound Design: Thanasis Deligiannis
Music Arrangement: Thanasis Deligiannis, Stephanos Droussiotis
Artistic Consultants: Tina Papanikolaou, Stephanos Droussiotis
Rehearsal Director: Barbara Kaufmann
Sculptor: Nectarios Dionysatos
Collaboration Costumes: Rike Zöllner
Artistic Photography: Julian Mommert

Music: Christos Constantinou, Richard Wagner, Charles Ives, Johann Sebastian Bach, Aram Khachaturian, Gustav Mahler, Giya Kancheli, Marika Papagkika, Wayne King, Leo Rapitis, Manos Achalinotopoulos, Sergei Prokofiev, Giuseppe Verdi, Tom Waits

Premiere: 12. May 2018, duration 80´, no intermission

CALENDAR
• GERMANY / Wuppertal / Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (Wuppertal Opera House) / 12 – 20 May 2018 [premiere]
• NETHERLANDS / Amsterdam / Holland Festival (Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam) / 20 – 22 June 2018 
• GREECE / Athens / Onassis Cultural Centrre - Athens / 18- 21 December 2018
• UNITED KINGDOM / London / Sadler’s Wells / 14 – 17 February 2019 
• FRANCE / Paris /  Théâtre de la Ville at La Villette / 8 - 11 July 2019


Produced by
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (Germany)

Co-Produced by
Théâtre de la Ville – Paris / La Villette – Paris  La Villette – Paris (France)
Sadler’s Wells (United Kingdom)
Holland Festival (Netherlands)
Onassis Cultural Centre – Athens (Greece)

Supported by
Kunststiftung NRW

Dimitris Papaioannou is supported by
MEGARON - THE ATHENS CONCERTHALL (Greece)

Produced by
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

photos by Julian Mommert