Roots of Lives

In the organizer's words:

Dancers from 14 African countries came together for the international transfer of Pina Bausch's well-known choreography to Igor Stravinsky's Le Sacre du Printemps. The production common ground[s] - Das Frühlingsopfer, a joint production by the Pina Bausch Foundation, École des Sables and Sadler's Wells, has toured worldwide. Now two of the dancers and choreographers involved are coming to Wuppertal for a guest performance, Shelly Ohene-Nyako and Babacar Mané, who also danced as a guest with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch in the revival of Das Frühlingsopfer in 2025.

Roots of Lives is inspired by the horoscopes of the two performers Shelly Ohene-Nyako and Babacar Mané, which both complement and contradict each other. A play of mutual balance that revolves around the four elements of nature and questions the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious, between the self and the other.

Tickets and further information

Workshop by Shelly Ohene-Nyako and Babacar Mané
To accompany the performance Roots of Lives at the Pina Bausch Center under construction, the dancers and choreographers Shelly Ohene-Nyako (Switzerland / Ghana) and Babacar Mané (Senegal) are offering a workshop for professional dancers, students, enthusiastic amateurs and pupils aged 16 and over on January 28, 17:00 - 20:00. This workshop will provide participants with tools to find their own personality in space and in their movements, with aspects from the Roots of Lives repertoire.
Registration: https://www.wuppertal-live.de/shop/607231

Shelly Ohene-Nyako
Shelly is Ghanaian and Swiss. After completing her Bachelor's degree in Performing Arts, she worked as a freelance dancer. In 2018, she moved to Ghana where she started teaching ballet and fusing different styles. Her goal is to help the performing arts scene in Africa grow.

Babacar Mané
Babacar has worked with several dance companies. He attended the National School of Arts of Senegal to train in choreography. Babacar was the winner of the "Visa Pour La Création 2020" program of the Institut Français de Paris.

Price information:

17 Euro and 8 Euro reduced