Pina Bausch

Kathleen Kerner Dance History Mr. Garfinkel 12/1/14 “Pina” Bausch Philippine, or “Pina”, Bausch created some of the most interesting and radical modern dance works of her time because they are based on human relations and how we interact with each other. Born in 1940, in Solingen, Germany, she was born into a family of business owners with her parents owning a connecting restaurant and hotel. She and her siblings worked for her parents at a very young age. In doing so, Pina would observe and watch the guests who came through learning how and why people do the fundamental things that they do and what drives them. As a young child she also danced in the Solingen Children’s Ballet and at age fourteen she began studying dance with Kurt Jooss…

On July 24, 1940, Philippine, Pina, Bausch was born in Solingen, Germany. She was the third child of Anita and August Bausch. The Bausch family owned a café, which was connected to a hotel. By helping out in the family business, Pina was able to watch people and notice the emotions in them, and most importantly-the factors that drove people to do certain things. Pina was in Essen, Germany when she began dancing. At the age of 14, she attended Folkwang University of the Arts. One of the…

Is it dance, theatre, or is it just life? The documentary Pina: A Film for Pina Bausch was shot in Wuppertal, Germany and premiered at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival. The movie was put together by director Wim Wenders and his production company Neue Road Movies. The cast included Pina Bausch and the members of her dance company, the Ensemble of the Tanztheatre Wuppertal. PINA’s budget was 3.6 million dollars, but grossed 3.5 million in the United States. Even though Pina Bausch was…

She was given several awards and established the Wuppertal dance theatre in 1973. Wuppertal formed because they wanted to redefine dance around the world and were reacting to postmodernism. They helped Bausch to revolutionize herself and redefine dance around the world. Bausch was already a famous choreographer of modern dance and was an influence to the USA, Britain and Europe. She said that “she was not interested in the movement of the dancers but what moved them. “ She wanted to revive…

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The source of problem for Bausch and Lomb was the chief executive, Daniel Gill. Gill created great pressure for the employees of B&L to generate revenue. He wanted to increase sales at any cost. In regards to the audit risk model, the inherent risk was very high. The reasoning behind the risk was due to the measures taken by the chief executive to improve sales. The only way to generate sales to please Gill however was by recognizing revenue that was not recognizable. On the other hand,…

The short stories, “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien and “The Fireman’s Wife” by Richard Bausch have resonated with me after reading them this semester. I am able to draw similarities from what I’ve read and associate them with the story. Doing so made what I read capture my full attention and transport me into the story. Also, I discovered and tackled flaws in my own character in the process. I found both of these short stories to have been thought provoking and an interesting read as…

what devising tools define the work of Pina Bausch, in my introduction I will be introducing Pina Bausch and her background and in my main body of text I will talk about the devising tools that define her work, then finally in my conclusion I will summarise everything I have written about in this essay. Pina Bausch was born Philippina Bausch in 1940 in Solingen, Germany. Bausch was a modern dance performer, and choreographer. When Pina was 15 she was accepted into the Folkwang Academy, this…

Pina Bausch’s Vollmond is very unique. This piece has choreographers dancing in water and is a must see piece. The dance is made up of many movements physically and abstractly, these movements express certain meaning and have a purpose. After watching “Vollmond”, you will realize the true meaning behind the complex movements and motions of their hands and bodies. This meaning being the complexity of life and all the struggles but also the happiness of life and all its excitement that comes with…