The Pina Bausch Sourcebook: The Making of Tanztheater

by Royd Climenhaga (editor)

Pina Bausch’s work has had tremendous impact across the spectrum of late twentieth-century performance practice, helping to redefine the possibilities of what both dance and theater can be. This edited collection presents a compendium of source material and contextual essays that examine Pina Bausch's history, practice and legacy, and the development of Tanztheater as a new form, with sections Interviews, reviews and major essays chart the evolution of Bausch’s pioneering approach and explore this evocative new mode of performance. Edited by noted Bausch scholar, Royd Climenhaga, The Pina Bausch Sourcebook aims to open up Bausch’s performative world for students, scholars, dance and theatre artists and audiences everywhere.

356 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Patricia L. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way too theoretical, academic and old school analysis for Pina's heartful honest dance.