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Pina Bausch: The Biography
Marion Meyer
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Description for Pina Bausch: The Biography
Paperback. The first-ever biography in English of Pina Bausch: perhaps the most influential performer and choreographer of the 20th century. Translator(s): Black, Penny. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: ASD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
The first-ever biography in English of Pina Bausch: perhaps the most influential performer and choreographer of the 20th century. Mayer has written an accessible, readable account, with a clear journalistic approach that penetrates the mystique and mythology surrounding Pina's life. Bausch was notoriously shy of discussing her work, yet Mayer's research is underpinned by several quotes from Pina herself, as well as members of her ensemble. As well as illuminating her personal life and her work ethic; it also takes stock of Bausch's legacy and the future for the Company she created.
The first-ever biography in English of Pina Bausch: perhaps the most influential performer and choreographer of the 20th century. Mayer has written an accessible, readable account, with a clear journalistic approach that penetrates the mystique and mythology surrounding Pina's life. Bausch was notoriously shy of discussing her work, yet Mayer's research is underpinned by several quotes from Pina herself, as well as members of her ensemble. As well as illuminating her personal life and her work ethic; it also takes stock of Bausch's legacy and the future for the Company she created.
Product Details
Publisher
Oberon Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783199891
SKU
V9781783199891
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About Marion Meyer
Pina Bausch 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 Wustenhofer, engaged her as choreographer, from autumn 1973, she renamed the ensemble the Tanztheater Wuppertal. Under this name, although controversial at ... Read more
Reviews for Pina Bausch: The Biography
'Her work undoubtedly constitutes a high watermark in the creativity of the twentieth century, but it's also something more important than that: she is a wellspring for generations of artists in every imaginable medium. She wrote much of the language in which we all speak.' Barney Norris author of Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain