Arnaldo alvarez, beatrice libonati, anne martin, jan minarik jean mindo, vivienne newport, arthur rosenfeld, monika sagon, heinz samm, meryl tankard. The dancer and choreographer pina bausch made history. She received her dance training at the folkwang school in essen under kurt jooss, where she achieved technical excellence. Marking the 30th anniversary of its new york debut at bam, tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch returns to brooklyn with one of its beloved founders seminal dancetheater works. Pina bausch has a gift for holding up a beautiful mirror and gently showing us how ridiculous we look. To keep this heritage alive, and provide new ways to access it, the pina bausch centre is planned at wuppertals former municipal theatre, the schauspielhaus. Gorgeous theater, in brooklyn, same where caetano veloso played.
Pina bauschs 1978 work kontakthof returned to japan this week after a 27 year hiatus. Kontakthof, created back in 1978, is one of pina bauschs most minimalist productions. Le sacre du printemps, cafe muller, kontakthof and vollmond. The piece was revived in 2000 with dancers over 65 years old and in 2008 with teenagers. Pina bausch in kontakthof with ladies and gentlemen over 65 book and dvd, larche editeur, paris, 2007. Members of tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch performing the 1978 work kontakthof, set in a dance hall and infused with anxious hope and longing, at. It has been described as chorus line of awkward seductions, unease and discomfort. Tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch performs the brazilinspired agua in the edinburgh festival 2729 august. Kontakthof is composed of kontakt contact and hof court, courtyard, resulting in courtyard of. We attempted to use the love letters to assist in the telling of the story through verbatim theatre, but this became too much talking and not. Pina bauschs epic battle of the sexes in 1978s kontakthof, the late german choreographer brilliantly skewered contemporary relationships. Tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch perform kontakthof at the barbican theatre until sunday. Philippine pina bausch 27 july 1940 30 june 2009 was a german dancer and choreographer who, with a blend of movement, sound, and prominent stage sets, and with performers during the development of a piece a style now known as tanztheater, became an influence in.
Philippine pina bausch 27 july 1940 30 june 2009 was a german dancer and choreographer who, with a blend of movement, sound, and prominent stage sets, and with performers during the development of a piece a style now known as tanztheater, became an influence in the field of modern dance from the 1970s on. Kontakthof is a place where people meet who are searching for contact. Kontakthof, tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch, barbican. This radical approach to choreography and dance theatre established pina as a visionary, breaking.
Her unique work and artistic legacy enjoy the status of national cultural heritage. Its preparation and results were brilliantly explored in pina bauschs 1978 piece kontakthof. She left behind a body of work i am now beginning to explore. When we were workshopping different ways to perform zeldas decrease in sanity, we knew that it couldnt all be said in words. Tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch kontakthof new york, brooklyn academy of music 29 october. Pina bauschs reinvention of the rites of spring in 1975 and its impact on dance amber maddison seminar paper theater studies, dance publish your bachelors or. This body of work explores the neoexpressoinist nonverbal narrative of movement and dance. For this landmark occasion, the company brought kontakthof, one of bauschs seminal works, back to bam where the piece had its new york premiere though it was first performed in 1978, kontakthof still provides biting commentary on gender roles and courtship drama. In this research paper i will work on how the dancer and choreographer pina bausch approaches gender and sexuality. The artistic concept of pina focuses on four pieces by pina bausch. New yorkthe devil is in the details, especially when it involves courtship on the dance floor. It is placed in a set that looks almost like a city hall, classroom or a dated dancehall, with curtains and an upright piano on stage. Teenagers perform kontakthof by pina bausch year 2009 genre documentary type movies idmb rating 7. Theatrical, witty and often squirmworthy, bausch s seminal 1978 work kontakthof came to the brooklyn academy of music bam this october in.
Downloads pina bausch fellowship for dance and choreography. Tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch performs kontakthof from oct 23 to nov 2 in the opera house. These images are part of a series taken during the performance created by the legendary german choreographer pina bausch performed, after her death in 2009. Qualifizierte bestellungen werden kostenlos geliefert. Like it or lump it, theres no denying that anything by pina bausch is art with a capital a. Pina bauschs kontakt hof, barbican theatre, london. Photographs by jeanlouis fernandez from kontakthof. It is set in a drab municipal hall, and its choreography is limited to a palette of shuffling dance steps and. Royd climenhaga currently teaches at eugene lang collegethe new school university in new york city, and is the editor of the pina bausch sourcebook.
Pina is wim wenders homage to the avantgarde german dancerchoreographer pina bausch. Mitwirkende pina bausch, josephine ann endicott, benedicte billiet, joy wonnenberg u. So last weekend, i was fascinated to see what would happen with pina bauschs kontakthof, performed by a. Read download the pina bausch sourcebook pdf pdf download. Pina bausch was born 1940 in solingen and died 2009 in wuppertal. Im not so interested in how they move as in what moves them, german choreographer pina bausch famously said of her dancers. But her company keeps going and travelling around the world with a repertoire of many original pieces. Pina bauschs reinvention of the rites of spring in 1975.
Anton karas charlie chaplin juan llossas jean sibelius duration. Dw traces the development of her dance company, carried on by the tanztheater in wuppertal. Teenagers perform kontakthof by pina bausch 2009 starring pina bausch on dvd and bluray. Repurposing theater through dance maps bauschs pieces alongside methodologies of key theater and film practitioners. Pina bausch, who died last year, was one of the 20thcenturys most influential choreographers. To watch kontakthof, pina bauschs masterpiece of dance theater, is to be like a voyeur peering from behind a oneway mirror into the everyday battlefield of malefemale interaction. My explorations in the field of dance has led me to pina bausch. Pina bausch foundation fingscheid 5 42285 wuppertal contact press legal privacy notice imprint. Pina bausch, phillippine bausch, german ballet dancer and choreographer born july 27, 1940, solingen, ger. Pina bausch german ballet dancer and choreographer.
Movie interview wim wenders on pina germanys official entry at the 84th oscars is pina, a documentary showcasing the groundbreaking work of the late choreographer pina bausch. A piece by pina bausch under the use of traditional german folk songs worldpremiere 26. Judith mackrell on pina bauschs kontakthof culture. Tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch kontakthof new york. Late german dance legend pina bausch would have turned 75 on july 27, 2015. Bei absolut medien per zeitungsannonce suchte pina bausch laiendarsteller ab 65, um mit ihnen ihr 1978 entstandenes stuck. Pina bausch fellowship for dance and choreography a programme of the arts foundation of northrhine westphalia and the pina bausch. She died on june 30, 2009 in wuppertal, north rhinewestphalia. Kontakthof, created back in 1978, is one of pina bausch s most minimalist productions. There are dancers onstage, anna wehsarg comments at one point. But kontakthof holds out a promise that life and her captivatingly absurd and truthful work continues without her.
Pina bauschs kontakthof cambridge university press. Pina bausch first made the dance piece kontakthof at the tanztheater wuppertal with her company in 1978. The making of tanztheater about the series routledge performance practitioners. Kontakthof, by tanztheater wuppertal pina bausch, at bam. Screened at mami, the film opened your eyes to a uniquely personal vision of life. Genders revel in bauschs iconic kontakthof the japan. Culture pina bauschs legacy late german dance legend pina bausch would have turned 75 on july 27, 2015. A bold pioneer of modern dance whose legacy has transformed and transcended the art of movement. Kontakthof, a performance by the german choreographer pina bausch 19402009, is a compelling visual enactment of this. A seductive teteatete with all the awkward tension of a high school dance 1, kontakthof which translates as courtyard of contact is bauschian wit and. Philippine pina bausch 27 july 1940 30 june 2009 was a german dancer and. Kontakthof 1978, 1980 1980, bandoneon 1980, carnations 1981.
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