-
Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
-
Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
Pina Bausch Biography (1940-)
Born July 27, 1940, in Solingen, Germany; daughter of a restaurant owner; children: Rolf Salomon. Addresses: Office: Wuppertaler Buehnen, Ballettdirektion, Spinnstrasse 4, 5600 Wuppertal 2, Germany.
- Nationality
- German
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- choreographer
- Birth Details
- July 27, 1940
- Solingen, Germany
Famous Works
-
Credits; Choreographer; Original Dance Works
-
Fritz, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1973.
-
Ich bring dich um die Ecke, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1974.
-
Adagio/Fuenf Lieder von Gustav Mahler, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1974.
-
Fruehlingsopfer, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1975, first produced inthe United States, June, 1984, at the Olympic Arts Festival, Los Angeles.
-
Blaubart--Beim Anhoeren einer Tonbandaufnahme von Bela Bartok's Oper `Herzog Blaubart's Burg', Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1977.
-
Komm, tanz mit mir, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1977.
-
Kontakhof, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1977.
-
Legend of Chastity, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1979.
-
Arien, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1979, first produced in the UnitedStates as Arias, October, 1985, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, NewYork City.
-
1980, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1984.
-
Cafe Mueller, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1984.
- Also choreographer of Im Winde der Zeit, 1969, Die Klage der Laiserin, 1989, Walzer, Tanzabend: Nelken, Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehort, Er nimmt sie bei der Hand und fuehrt sie in das Schloss; dieanderen folgen, and some two dozen other dance works.
-
Credits; Choreographer; Stage Works
-
Tannhaeuser, Wuppertal Opera Ballet, 1972.
- Gluck, Iphigenia in Tauris, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1974.
- Gluck, Orpheus and Eurydice, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1974.
- Berthold Brecht and Kurt Weill, Die Sieben Todsunden, Wuppertal Dance Theatre, 1977.
- Brecht and Weill, Fuerchtet Euch nicht!, Wuppertal Dance Theatre,1977.
-
Credits; Film Appearances
- Grand duchess, And the Ship Sails On, Triumph, 1984.
- Also appeared in On Tour with Pina Bausch, 1983.
Further Reference
Periodicals
-
New York Times, October 4, 1985.
-
People, October 14, 1985.
Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: