Bausch, Pina (1940–)
Bausch, Pina (1940–)
German choreographer. Born July 27, 1940 in Solingen, Germany.
Credited with reviving modern dance in postwar Germany, began dance studies at Folkwang School in Essen where she came under influence of Kurt Jooss; continued studies at Juilliard School in New York and performed there with New American Ballet and Metropolitan Opera Ballet; returned to Germany and became soloist in Folkwang Ballet; served as director of Uppertal Opera Ballet, later called Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch; works, which are noted for their episodic structure, repetition, haunting quality of dances, and absence of sustainable plot, include Ich bring dich um di Ecke, Spring Sacrifice, Legend of Chastity (1979), 1980 and Arias.
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