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Philippine "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch's approach was noted for a stylised blend of dance movement, prominent sound design, and involved stage sets, as well as for engaging the dancers under her to help in the development of a piece, and her work had an influence on mod…
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Born 27 July 1940 · Died 30 June 2009 · Q155538
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“Pina has been one of the biggest influences on my life, especially on my performance style... Her work speaks to me in a way that is really hard to put into words, and I think that is the point of dance.”
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The choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and dancer Shantala Shivalingappa premiered their work Play, which was dedicated to Bausch's memory
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The dance company Les Ballets C de la B performed Out of Context – for Pina, which was dedicated to Bausch's memory
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Died 2009-06-30.
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Bausch collaborated with film director Wim Wenders on a 3D documentary, Pina, but died suddenly two days before the shoot was due to start in June 2009
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Won Best New Dance Production for Café Müller and The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre Du Printemps)
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Awarded Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt (2008).
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Awarded Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg (2008).
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The city of Frankfurt am Main awarded her its prestigious Goethe Prize
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To perform for the final edition of her festival
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Awarded Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2007).
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“It was not just the performing arts like music or acting or mime or dance, but there were also painters, sculptors, designers, photographer. If you just went to a little ballet school, the experience would have been entirely different.”
Pina Bausch and her company were nominated in the categories Best New Dance Production and Outstanding Achievement in Dance at the Laurence Olivier Awards for the conception of Viktor at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London
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Awarded Europe Theatre Prize (1999).
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Awarded Praemium Imperiale (1999).
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Was the recipient of the VII Europe Theatre Prize
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Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1997).
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Awarded Ring of Honour of the city Wuppertal (1997).
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Awarded State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia (1990).
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Awarded Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1986).
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Played the role of La Principessa Lherimia in Federico Fellini's film And the Ship Sails On
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Succeeded Jooss as artistic director of the company
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Choreographed her first piece, Fragmente (Fragments), to music by Béla Bartók
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Bausch returned to Essen to join Jooss' new Folkwang-Ballett (Folkwang Ballet), as a soloist and assistant to Jooss
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Taylor was invited to premiere a new work named Tablet in Spoleto, Italy, he took Bausch with him
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Bausch left Germany with a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service to continue her studies at the Juilliard School in New York City in 1960, where her teachers included Antony Tudor, José Limón, Alfredo Cor
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Bausch was accepted into Kurt Jooss's Folkwangschule in Essen
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Born 1940-07-27.
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