Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch + Terrain Boris Charmatz: Nelken

A man chopping an onion, dancers slapping each other in the face, and a stage covered in 8,000 handcrafted red and pink carnations are just some of the wonderfully bizarre things you're going to see in ‘Nelken’, performed by a new generation of Tanztheater Wuppertal dancers. As far as Pina Bausch goes, this is pretty standard. And if Bausch is your thing, ‘Nelken’ (translating to ‘Carnations’) isn't one to miss. Being performed in London for the first time since 2005, this performance is a meditation on life's ability to be painful and beautiful at the same time.