From the BAM website:

The
iconic choreographer Pina Bausch has brought her dance-theater works to
sold-out houses at BAM, mesmerizing audiences with sensual dances under
cascading waterfalls and dramatic bouts with towering heaps of flowers.

In her latest piece Bamboo Blues,
Bausch is inspired by the incisive and delicate gestures of Indian
dance. Softness prevails as does fabric, often brilliantly colored,
always billowing. In one memorable sequence, thanks to Bausch’s
unparalleled use of metaphor, humor, and kinetic wit, the dancers
send-up the intricacies of the dothin (a long cotton wrap) to
hypnotizing and affectionate effect.

But finally, it’s
movement that provides the momentum. When a lone woman describes an arc
with her arm, abruptly stops, then launches into a crystalline solo—all
power and light—we are there, transported to the India of our dreams.

The Where and When:
December 16, 17, 19 & 20 at 7:30pm
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
Running time: 140min with intermission
Tickets: $25, 55, 75, 85