Pina Bausch
Pina Bausch
Philippina "Pina" Bauschwas a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director. With her unique style, a blend of movement, sound, and prominent stage sets, and with her elaborate collaboration with performers during the development of a piece, she became a leading influence in the field of modern dance from the 1970s on. She created the company Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bauschwhich performs internationally...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionDancer
Date of Birth27 July 1940
CountryGermany
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.
Repetition is not repetition, ... The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end
When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said.
I am more interested in what moves people, than how they move.
I didn't want to imitate anybody. Any movement I knew, I didn't want to use.