Pina Bausch's Dance Theatre: Tracing the Evolution of Tanztheater
Lucy Weir, "Pina Bausch's Dance Theatre: Tracing the Evolution of Tanztheater "
English | ISBN: 1474436846 | 2019 | 224 pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | ISBN: 1474436846 | 2019 | 224 pages | PDF | 5 MB
First full-scale thematic analysis of Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater, critically evaluating the impact of modernist theatre on her choreographic method
This book presents a new reading of Pina Bausch’s dance theatre, orienting it within an international legacy of performance practice. The discussion considers not only the influence of German and American modern dance on Bausch’s work but, crucially, interrogates parallels with modernist and postdramatic theatre (including Antonin Artaud, Samuel Beckett, Jerzy Grotowski, and Robert Wilson), the influence of which has been largely neglected in existing studies of her oeuvre.
Pina Bausch’s Dance Theatre provides a wide-ranging study of Bausch’s aesthetic and methods of practice, with case studies ranging from the beginning of her career to her final choreographies.
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