SYDNEY
July 2012
Back in Sydney and time to look at the assembly that editor Karen Johnson has created. She has done a brilliant job of condensing his story and has all the major themes covered but it is clear that some major players are missing. There will have to be one more trip to try to schedule the missing interviews – and also find a “theatre expert commentator”.
But I am able to add a major Australian interview to the list – celebrated dancer Meryl Tankard was a member of the Pina Bausch Wuppertal Danztheater company that Michael brought to London in 1982. She describes Michael as a “visionary” putting the company on the London stage years before they went to New York. Meryl and her husband Regis Lansac also have a wonderful collection of photographs of the Pina Bausch company which they generously offer for use in the film. This is great news as the archive costs are prohibitive.