La Cura / The Cure

Pina Bausch Zentrum under construction, Bundesallee 260, Wuppertal
Admission: €18 / concessions €9

Tickets 06.05.

For the first time in Germany: the Compañía Colombiana de Danza Contemporánea. The choreography is by Cuban urban art specialist Julio César Iglesias Ungo, who previously visited us in 2025 with two productions. Exciting urban and contemporary dance styles come together. After El Vacio / The Void the company presents La Cura / The Cure.

About the performance
“No tree can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell.” — Carl Gustav Jung

The Cure is built upon the understanding that every process of change, transformation, and rebirth involves a force that may appear violent, yet is essentially natural. Just as volcanoes shape the earth or birth occurs through pain and blood, life manifests itself in a constant balance between chaos and order. The piece reveals that healing and reconnection with our essence are not smooth or linear paths, but rather experiences of rupture and inner upheaval that compel us to confront the rawest aspects of our being. Transformation is not idealized; it is exposed in its entirety: the struggle, the tearing, the resistance, and also the beauty that emerges through surrender. It is a journey where the body becomes a territory of tension between wound and healing, inviting the audience not only to observe, but to feel within themselves this deep and visceral transition.

The connection Between The Cure and The Void there is a profound connection: they are not opposites, but two points along the same inner trajectory. The void emerges as a consequence of spiritual decay, a state in which the internal fragmentation of the individual reflects a broader collective disconnection. In this territory, the body loses direction, meaning dissolves, and the search for salvation becomes superficial—driven by external pressures that promise quick answers but deepen the shared spiritual crisis.

La Cura arises precisely from that void—not as an immediate solution, but as a response that requires passing through it. Both states share rupture: the breaking of the self, the confrontation with the essential, and the exposure of what has been denied. If the void represents the absence of purpose and disconnection from one’s essence, the cure is the movement that emerges from recognizing that absence—allowing the body to face collapse and transform the wound into possibility. On stage, these two forces are in constant dialogue. The void is not merely absence, but the necessary space where something can be reborn. The cure, in turn, does not deny the fall or the rupture, but integrates them as part of the process of reconnection.

Together, they reveal that healing and spiritual decay are part of the same cycle: losing oneself in order to be found again, emptying oneself in order to reinhabit the body and meaning.

Performance History

The Cure has been presented at:

• Cali International Dance Biennial (in continuous format alongside The Void)
• Old Havana Dance Festival
• Suriname
• Numerous stages across Colombia
• Fiesta Escénica at Teatro Nacional Sucre (Quito), with strong reception from both audience and critics

The Compañia Colombiana de Danza Contemporánea was founded in June 2015 under the artistic direction of Arlai González Padín. The company currently comprises fifteen dancers. It has taken part in national and international events, including the 10th Cali International Ballet Festival, the 3rd Cali International Dance Biennial and the 21st Habana Vieja, Ciudad en Movimiento Festival, sponsored by the Cuban Ministry of Culture and the Retazos company, as well as appearing as guests at the Thalia Theatre in Suriname. It has also collaborated with international choreographers such as Jorge Abril Santander, the German-based Cuban choreographer Julio César Iglesias Ungo, the French choreographer Davy Brun during his time as director of the Conservatoire de Lyon, France, the French choreographer Redha Benteifour, and the Spanish choreographer Susana Pous.

Compañia Colombiana de Danza Contemporánea – CCDC
Duration: 45 minutes
Choreographer: Julio César Iglesias Ungo
Music: Julio Cesar Iglesias AKA / J-Lawton
Costume design: Ángelo Restrepo Grajales
Lighting design: Mauricio Ordóñez
Number of performers on stage: 11 dancers
Cast: Compañia Colombiana de Danza Contemporánea

This guest performance is made possible thanks to the kind support of the Goethe-Institute.