Philippine “Pina” Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch’s approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance movement, prominent sound design, and involved stage sets, as well as for engaging the dancers under her to help in the development of a piece, and her work had an influence on modern dance from the 1970s forward.
Pina Bausch (1940-2009) is one of the great artists of the 20th century, creating around fifty ballets and operas, establishing a company in Wuppertal and shaping a choreographic style known as tanztheater (dance theatre). One of her masterpieces is Kontakthof,…
Pina is a film for Pina Bausch. Shot in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, this feature-length dance film portrays the exhilarating and inimitable art of this great German choreographer who died in the summer of…
Unexpected and warmly welcomed, Pina Bausch‘s Tanztheater Wuppertal. Der Fensterputzer, created while resident in Hong Kong in 1997, exudes the atmosphere of that Asian metropolis. The piece balances between gaiety and vitality, and gentle, relaxed serenity. Subdued Chinese melodies combine…
Created in 2006, Vollmond (Full Moon) accentuates the profound humanity of dancers of all ages and origins as they explore solitude and the desire for love, complete with laughter and tears, unfeeling apathy and startling vitality. Poignant, dizzying and amazing…
Tanztheater Wuppertal has announced will see an ambitious restaging of Pina Bausch‘s 1983 work, The Piece with the Ship. Rarely seen, it was last performed in Saitama, Japan, 24 years ago. Characterised by sweet melancholy, delicate humour and typically zestful…
A moment with Pina Bausch‘s The Rite of Spring A beach of white sand. The light bleaching from the sky. A girl lying on a red cloth. An eerie bassoon piercing the silence. This is the way in which audiences…
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of this iconic work by Pina Bausch watch a performance capture on the beach in Senegal and an intimate portrait of the work on stage at Sadler’s Wells, presented by Pina Bausch Foundation, École des…
Café Müller was originally the title of a four-part evening. In 1978, Pina Bausch invited choreographers Gerhard Bohner, Gigi-Gheorghe Caciuléanu and Hans Pop to work with her ensemble. Following the same cues, three more pieces were created in addition to…
Orpheus and Eurydike is Pina Bausch‘s masterpiece and the ultimate symbol of her choreographic genius. It is here danced by the Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris. From the outset it had been Gluck’s wish that Orpheus and Eurydike should…
