Expressionist dance

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 the focal point of the movie, footage of her was strictly archive because she died after half a year into filming of the movie. PINA was originally shot in 3-D, which meant the live recordings could not be replicated or interrupted. PINA was designed to commemorate the German choreographer that inspired the director to make the film in the first place. The majority of the minimal…

stage. It follows that Pina’s dance is based on experience learnt from others and overcoming categorization limitations previously consistent with previous dance styles. If the both artists lived in the same times, Wigman could have come out stronger because of her strong resolve…

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…

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 modern dance in post war Germany. She…

success of the school and had major influences on the world as we experience it today. The early years of the Bauhaus were influenced by Expressionism. Expressionist artists believed that art must come from within themselves rather than from the depictions of the real world. Johannes Itten, a Swiss painter and one of the most important personalities of the early Bauhaus, was a strong advocate of the expressionistic idea’s. Itten was in charge of the preparatory course that was central to the…

One of the first accounts of Brutalism was given by architectural critic Reyner Banham in his seminal essay titled New Brutalism published in the Architectural Review in 1955, Banham’s conception of New Brutalism was both a movement in the sense of futurism and a style. Banham’s etymology of the term New Brutalism is clarified through his complex and contradictory explanation of Brutalism as both a movement and style. Banham did articulate clearly three underlying rules which are its core…

discipline I have learned as a student, I have grown as a person and a dancer. I believe that the outcome of the dance program is not only the degree, but life lessons and knowledge to excel in the real world. My long term career goals include performance and owning and operating my own studio/company. After college, I hope to perform and begin adding various professional endeavors to my dance resume. I would love to dance professionally…

Age-Appropriate Coaching: A Dance Perspective. There are many factors to keep in mind when coaching any type of sport. A specific factor that absolutely must be adhered to is age, which influences many performance capabilities both physically and psychologically (Crocker, 2011). In consequence, all coaches must adjust their instruction in order to maximize success of athletes. I have had the opportunity to work with youth from ages three to fifteen in a dance setting, which, after many failures,…

Dance Alabama is a program through the dance department that gives students of all majors to try out and participate in a dance production. It is generally students that grew up and danced throughout their childhood and high school years. The audition process is competitive so it is an honor for the performers that were chosen for this production. Some chosen continued to study dance at the university and others decided to pursue other interests but still have a passion for dancing. They…

and it really killed my mood for the evening. Generally, when I get asked to work a performance I am excited to see new works and analyze them; see what the community is doing with dance. After…