Wuppertal

She was given several awards and 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 looked at everyday movements to express personal experiences. Wuppertal wanted to move away from post- modern theatre and create something more…

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…

foundation dedicated to her legacy today called the Pina Bausch Foundation. Their mission is to keep Pina’s legacy alive for future dancers or choreographers. Pina Bausch was married to Rolf Borzik, who died in 1980 due to leukemia. Borzik was responsible for designing the dancer’s clothes and stage. Pina put on a piece called 1980 in remembrance. Pina later remarried to Ronald Kay, a Chilean professor. One year later, they had a son together. His name was Ralf-Salomen. Pina’s happiness in a…

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Two years after being in new York Bausch joined Jooss new company called Folkwang Ballett as a soloist and had the liberty of assisting Jooss on many of the pieces that were shown she was so great at this that in 1968 she has the opportunity to choreograph a piece of her own called Fragmente and eventually in 1969 she became the artistic director of the company. Bausch became an artistic director of the Wuppertal Opera ballet and later on it was renamed as the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina…

influenced by Luther and Hegel through Hans Joachim Iwand. Luther and Iwand convinced him of the liberating truth of the Reformation, of the doctrine of justification, and of the theology of the cross; Hegel and Iwand have helped him develop his dialectical interpretation to the cross and the resurrection. At the Gottingen University he received his doctorate in theology and also got married in 1952. Serving as a pastor of the Evangelical Church of Bremen-Wasserhorst for the following five…

piece has choreographers dancing in water and is a must see piece. The dance is made up of many movements physically and abstractly, these movements express certain meaning and have a purpose. After watching “Vollmond”, you will realize the true meaning behind the complex movements and motions of their hands and bodies. This meaning being the complexity of life and all the struggles but also the happiness of life and all its excitement that comes with it. The title of Pina Bausch’s dance…

Born in 1932 in Leverkusen, Germany, Wolf Vostell was influential member of multiple artistic genres and art theorist of the 20th century. Beginning his career as an apprentice in photolithography, Vostell moved on to study at the Academy of Arts of Wuppertal, Germany, remaining a student from 1854 to 1855. From that point on, Wolf Vostell began to travel across Europe, soon developing his concept of the “décollage” style while in Paris. France However, Vostell did return to his studies,…

colourfully clad performers dance both on top and under a row of tables, Andre suddenly appears and all but two dancers scattered, hoping like rabbits to get away showing their feebleness in the face of authority. A man in yellow stays and dances along the full length of the tables as Andre checks the other man’s passport and then commands him to remove the tables one by one representing his opposition to the fascist system and his individuality. The man in yellow continues to dance as his…

social-structure that had taken centuries to develop is now being threatened. This disdain for Muslim immigrants is heavily centered on recent radical Islamic terrorism and Islamic government, as described by Doerschler, “They also fear the advent of a growing political Islam that calls for the end of western secular governments” (Doerschler, 2012). Many events that have triggered this discrimination towards followers of Islam in Germany include: the bombings in London and Madrid, violent…