WUPPERTAL, Germany — It has been 45 years since anyone but Pina Bausch has made a full-length work for the Tanztheater Wuppertal. “Half a century — just think about that,” said Adolphe Binder, the new ...

She overcame childhood polio to become a dancer with American Ballet Theater, then taught contemporary dancers and members of Pina Bausch’s acclaimed company. By Claudia Bauer A company of dancers ...

Such is the power of Tanztheater Wuppertal’s dancers, that when you see from the programme that only ten feature in Sweet Mambo (seven women and three men), you might at first be disappointed. Ten?

Some people only need one name: Cher, Madonna etc. In dance we have Pina - as in Bausch, the revered German dancer, choreographer and Director of Tanztheater Wuppertal until her death in 2009. The ...

When stage hands brought on a portable ballet barre, some 110 minutes into Thursday night’s opening performance of Ahnen (German for “ancestors”, but also “foreboding”), a few hearts among the ...

Reporting from Berkeley — — A painting, according to Marcel Duchamp, dies after 50 years. Dances are rarely so lucky. The West Coast premiere of Pina Bausch’s “Danzón,” which Tanztheater Wuppertal ...

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Palermo Palermo A towering wall crashes to rubble on the stage. Dancers make their way through the remains of a crumbling city in stiletto high heels. Six pianists ...

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“Kontakthof,” a pivotal Bausch dance from 1978, is being staged with members of the original cast. They talk about coming back to it nearly 50 years later. By Roslyn Sulcas She overcame childhood ...

Pina Bausch is one of the most significant choreographers of the 21st century. After setting up her company in 1973, she created 42 pieces in a career spanning 36 years before her untimely death in ...

It’s often said that Pina Bausch redefined contemporary dance, but you only realize how radical her vision when you see a work like Kontakhof. The German dance maker, who died unexpectedly last summer ...