In this specific research topic, a dancetheater work is presented as far as the choreographical composition and the use of the scenic space are concerned. Specifically, is studied Pina Bausch’s Cafe Müller, a piece first presented in May 1978 in Wuppertal - Germany.
Cafe Müller is a non verbal and non linear narration of a relation between a man and a woman. The woman is presented simultaneously in two different ages. The younger lives the goings-on whereas the older lives their results.
The empty café is transformed into a field of interaction for the interpreters that behave and traverse the space each one in a different way. The bodies interact with the space and the furniture. They crash on them or, left in gravity, they fall on the ground.
The basic heroes are protected, provoked or subdued by other three interpreters that complete the plot, each one in his own way.
Plain and loneliness that derive from the impossibility of interpersonal communication possess all the flow of the play. The tension for a personal retrospection ends up with ironic and self-sarcastic comments.
Initially, there’s a brief flashback in the history of contemporary dance and performance, from the beginning of 20th century until Pina Bausch, so as to make more clear the artistic continuity of her work.
In consecution, is presented theapproach of Cafe Müller, in which are traced and commented the rhythm of the action, the choreographic structures and the use of space in relation with the furniture and the bodies that are in constant movement.
