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Pina Bausch

Born in Solingen, Germany in 1940, Pina Bausch began her dance studies at the age of 15 at the Folkwang School in Essen, where she studied with several teachers, including the renowned expressionist choreographer Kurt Jooss. In 1959 she graduated and was awarded the Folkwang prize for special achievement. With a stipend from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Bausch went to New York in 1960 to study at The Juilliard School with Anthony Tudor, José Limon, Louis Horst, Alfredo Corvino, Margaret Craske, and La Meri, among others. At the same time she performed with the Paul Sanasardo and Donya Feuer Dance Company and the New American Ballet. Bausch later became a member of the Metropolitan Opera's ballet company and also worked with Paul Taylor. She has remarked that her two years in New York were among the most influential in her early life and that when she thinks of New York, she feels a sense of homesickness.

In 1962, Bausch returned to Germany where she became a soloist in the newly-formed Folkwang Ballett, working once again with Kurt Jooss, and also with Hans Zülig, and especially with Jean Cébron. Her choreographic career began in 1968 with Fragmente, followed by Im Wind der Zeit (In the Wind of Time), which later won first prize at the Second International Choreographic Competition in Cologne. Bausch has said that her impetus for taking up choreography was out of the frustration of wanting something to dance. From 1969-73 she served as artistic director of the company, while continuing to dance and choreograph.

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Pina Bausch, one of Germany's most acclaimed dancers and choreographers, has been accredited with reviving modern dance, and particularly expressive dance, in post-WW2 Germany. It only seems appropriate that at the time of blossoming of modern dance in China, that her works would be shown in Beijing. RMB180-1280.