6/30/09

PINA BAUSCH- RIP

PINA BAUSCH director of the wuppertal tanztheather died today

The German choreographer and dancer Pina Bausch died this morning at the age of 68, five days after being diagnosed with cancer.
According to a statement on Tanztheater Wuppertal's official website, Bausch took her last bow on the Wuppertal stage the Sunday before last.
Bausch was the artistic director of the Tanztheater Wuppertal, which she founded in 1973. She had a formidable international reputation as one of modern dance's greatest innovators. Her dance-theatre works include the melancholic Café Müller (1978), in which dancers stumble around the stage crashing into tables and chairs, and a thrilling Rite of Spring (1975), which required the stage to be completely covered with soil. Nelken (2005) was performed on a floor covered in flowers, while Palermo Palermo (1989) featured a line of dancers with apples balanced on their heads.

i have fond memories of seeing the los angeles premiere of PINA's performance back in 1986!
my companions for the evening? my then business partner MICHI, MICHELE LAMY and her then husband RICHARD NEWTON.
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