TV feature on the premiere of "Fritz" 1974
TV feature on the premiere of "Fritz" 1974
The first piece by Pina Bausch's newly founded Tanztheater Wuppertal is called Fritz. Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) reports on the premiere on 5 January 1974. The reporter talks to Pina Bausch and the then director of Wuppertal's theatres, Arno Wüstenhöfer. The excerpts shown are the only colour recordings of the piece, which was only performed a few times.