Pina Bausch

She was  born 1940 in Solingen and died 2009 in Wuppertal. She received her  dance training at the Folkwang School in Essen under Kurt Jooss, where  she achieved technical excellence. Soon after the director of  Wuppertal’s theatres, Arno Wüstenhöfer, engaged her as choreographer,  from autumn 1973, she renamed the ensemble the Tanztheater Wuppertal.  Under this name, although controversial at the beginning, the company  gradually achieved international recognition. Its combination of poetic  and everyday elements influenced the international development of dance  decisively. Awarded some of the greatest prizes and honours world-wide,  Pina Bausch is one of the most significant choreographers of our time.

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