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Philippina "Pina" Bausch[1] (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director. With her unique style, a blend of movements, sounds and prominent stage sets, and with her elaborate cooperation with performers during the composition of a piece (a style now known as Tanztheater), she became a leading influence since the 1970s in the world of modern dance.[2]
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17 Oct 12
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27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009)
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Bausch was born in Solingen, near Düsseldorf, the third and youngest child of August and Anita Bausch, who owned a restaurant with guest rooms.[3]
[edit] Career
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Gabriela SebastianoBausch was soon performing with Tudor at the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company, and with Paul Taylor at New American Ballet. When in 1960 Taylor was invited to premiere a new work named Tablet in Spoleto, Italy, he took Bausch with him.
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14 Oct 12
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Her best-known dance-theatre works include the melancholic Café Müller
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Her best-known dance-theatre works include the melancholic Café Müller
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was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director. With her unique style, a blend of movements, sounds and prominent stage sets, and with her elaborate cooperation with performers during the composition of a piece (a style now known as Tanztheater), she became a leading influence since the 1970s in the world of modern dance.
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Bausch began dancing at a young age.
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In 1955 at the age of 14 she entered the Folkwangschule in Essen then directed by Germany's most influential choreographer Kurt Jooss, one of the founders of German Expressionist dance.
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After graduation in 1959, Bausch left Germany with a scholarship to continue her studies at the Juilliard School in New York City in 1960, where her teachers included Antony Tudor, José Limón, and Paul Taylor.
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In 1972, Bausch started as artistic director of the Wuppertal Opera Ballet, which was later renamed as the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.
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Male-female interaction is a theme found throughout her work, which has been an inspiration for—and reached a wider audience through—the movie Talk to Her, directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
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Her pieces are constructed of short units of dialogue and action, often of a surreal nature.
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Repetition is an important structuring device.
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08 Sep 11
Nabor GarridoPina Bausch revolucionó la danza, como seguramente lo sabe mejor que yo @sarahilezama Aquí hay una semblanza: http://t.co/CePaKme
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25 Jan 10
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Male-female interaction is a theme found throughout her work
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Her pieces are constructed of short units of dialogue and action, often of a surreal nature. Repetition is an important structuring device. Her large multi-media productions often involve elaborate sets and eclectic music
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30 Jun 09
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Philippine "Pina" Bausch (July 27, 1940 - June 30, 2009)[1][2] was a modern dance choreographer and a leading influence in the development of the Tanztheater style of dance.
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She died of lung cancer in Wuppertal, Germany, aged 68
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