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Pina Bausch was born in 1940 in Solingen,Germany.
1955 Begin of dance studies at Folkwang School in Essen/Germany with Kurt Jooss as director.Teachers among others: Trude Pohl, Anne Wooliams, Audrey Harmon, Cleo Nordi, David Poole, Valentin, Prorwitsch, Irén Bartos, Ilona Haan-Ireghy, Gisela Reber, Isa Partsch-Bergsohn, Hans Züllig, Anna Markard, Alfredo Corvino, Walther Nicks, Pearl Lang, Denis Carey, Lucas Hoving, Matt Mattox and Albrecht Knust.
1958 Graduation at Folkwang School in Essen
1959 - 62 Scholarship of the German Academical Exchange Service (DAAD) to continue her studies of dance in the USA.
Special student of Juilliard School of Music, New York. José Limon, Antony Tudor, Alfredo Corvino, Margaret Craske, Louis Horst, Mary Hinkson, Ethel Winter, Helen Mc Ghee, Herbert Ross and La Meri were her teachers among others.
Dancing with the Dance Company Paul Sanasardo, Donya Feuer and at New American Ballet working mainly with Paul Taylor. Dancer at Metropolitan Opera in New York, under the direction of Antony Tudor
1962 Returning to Germany. Dancer of Folkwang-Ballett newly founded by Kurt Jooss. Guest performances among others: Schwetzinger Festival, Festival of The Two Worlds, Spoleto, Festival Jacob's Pillow/USA, Salzburg Festival.
Working with choreographer Kurt Jooss, Antony Tudor, Lucas Hoving, Hans Züllig and especially with dancer and choreographer Jean Cébron.
1968 First choreographies:
Fragment, created for Folkwang Ballett; Music by Béla Bartók.
1969 Choreographing Im Wind der Zeit; Music by Mirko Dorner. Staging of Kurt Jooss' version of the opera The Fairy Queen, Music by Henry Purcell for Schwetzinger Festival.
1969 - 73 Artistic director, choreographer and dancer of Folkwang Ballet.
1970 Premiere of the Ballet Nachnull, Music; Ivo Malec. Choreographing for Rotterdam Danscentrum.
1971 Premiere of the Ballet Aktionen für Tänzer, Music: Günter Becker. This choreography was commissioned by Wuppertaler Bühnen, danced by member of Folkwang Tanzstudio, former Folkwang Ballet. Performances at Dance Festival Connecticut and Dance Festival Saratoga.
1972 Choreography of the Tannhäuser-Bacchanals commissioned by Wuppertaler Bühnen, danced by Folkwang-Tanzstudio. Guest teacher for modern dance, guest soloist and choreographer at Dance Company Paul Sanasardo (New York). Premiere of the Choreographies Wiegenlied to the lullaby "Maikäfer flieg" and Philips 836885 D.S.Y., Music by Pierre Henry
1973 Guest performances in Stuttgart, Rotterdam, Den Haag, London, Manchester.
Intendant Arno Wüstenhöfer, general director of Wuppertaler Bühnen engages Pina Bausch as director and choreographer of the Ballet Company which was named Wuppertaler Tanztheater and later been changed into Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Engagement of dancers from Folkwang-Tanzstudio.
1974 FRITZ Dance-evening by Pina Bausch (music: Gustav Mahler, Wolfgang Hufschmidt). This programm was completed by The Green Table choreography: Kurt Jooss and Rodeo, choreography; Agnes de Mille.
IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS Dance-opera by Pina Bausch (music: Christoph W.Gluck)
1974 ICH BRING DICH UM DIE ECKE (I'll Do You In) by Pina Bausch pop-music work
ADAGIO - FÜNF LIEDER VON GUSTAV MAHLER by Pina Bausch (Adagio - Five Songs By Gustav Mahler) In December "Großstadt" by Kurt Jooss had been added to this programme.
Beginning of the collaboration with the stage and costume designer Rolf Borzik.
Choreography for the Revue Zwei Krawatten, Free-Jazz Improvisations with Detlef Schönenberg, drums and Günter Christmann, trombone.
1975 ORPHEUS UND EURYDIKE, dance-opera (music: Christoph W.Gluck)
FRÜHLINGSOPFER Wind von West (Wind From The West) Der zweite Frühling (The Second Spring) and Le sacre du printemps (The Rite Of Spring) three choreographies by Pina Bausch (music: Igor Strawinsky)
1976 DIE SIEBEN TODSÃœNDEN (The Seven Deadly Sins) with The Seven Deadly Sins Of The Petty Bourgeoisie and Don't Be Afraid Dance-evening by Pina Bausch (music: Kurt Weill, text: Bertolt Brecht)
1977 BLAUBART - BEIM ANHÖREN EINER TONBANDAUGNAHME VON BELA BARTOKS "HERZOG BLAUBARTS BURG" (Bluebeard - While Listening To A Taped Recording Of Bela Bartok's "Bluebeard's Castle"), A piece by Pina Bausch
KOMM TANZ MIT MIR (Come, Dance With Me) A piece by Pina Bausch
RENATE WANDERT AUS (Renate Emigrates) Operetta by Pina Bausch
1978 ER NIMMT SIE AN DER HAND UND FÃœHRT SIE IN DAS SCHLOSS, DIE ANDEREN FOLGEN...(He Takes Her By The Hand And Leads Her Into The Castle, The Others Follow...), A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with Schauspielhaus Bochum
CAFE MÃœLLER A piece by Pina Bausch
KONTAKTHOF A piece by Pina Bausch
1979 ARIEN A piece by Pina Bausch
KEUSCHHEITSLEGENDE (Legend Of Chastity) A piece by Pina Bausch
1980 Death of Rolf Borzik
First collaboration with stage designer Peter Pabst.
1980 - EIN STÃœCK VON PINA BAUSCH Meeting Ronald Kay in Chile, poet, professor for aesthetics and literature at Universidad de Chile.
BANDONEON A piece by Pina Bausch
1981 Birth of Rolf Salomon, son of Pina Bausch and Ronald Kay.
1982 WALZER A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with "Holland-Festival"
Performing in Federico Fellini's film E la nave va. NELKEN (Carnations) A piece by Pina Bausch
1983 From then on Artistic director of Folkwang Tanzstudio 1983 - 1989 Head of the dance department of Folkwang Hochschule in Essen
1984 AUF DEM GEBIRGE HAT MAN EIN GESCHREI GEHÖRT (On The Mountain A Cry Was Heard) A piece by Pina Bausch
1985 TWO CIGARETTES IN THE DARK A piece by Pina Bausch
1986 VIKTOR A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with Teatro Argentina/ Rome
1987 AHNEN A piece by Pina Bausch
1989 PALERMO PALERMO A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with Teatro Biondo / Palermo and Andres Neumann International
1990 THE PLAINT OF THE EMPERESS Film directed by Pina Bausch
1991 TANZABEND II A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with Festival de Otoño / Madrid
1993 Das Stück mit dem Schiff (The Piece With The Ship) A piece by Pina Bausch
1994 Ein Trauerspiel A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with Vienna Festival
1995 DANZÓN A piece by Pina Bausch
1996 NUR DU (Only You) A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with the University of California in Los Angeles, the Arizona State University, the University of California in Berkley, the University of Texas in Austin and Darlene Neel Presentations and Rena Shagan Associates, Inc. and The Music Center Inc.
1997 DER FENSTERPUTZER (The Window Washer) A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society and Goethe Institute Hong Kong
Staging of the choreography The Rite Of Spring for Ballet de L'Opéra National de Paris.
1998 MASURCA FOGO A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with the EXPO 98 Lisbon and Goethe Institute Lisbon
Directing of the Opera Herzog Bluebeard's Castle by Béla Barók for Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence under the musical direction of Pierre Boulez.
Ein Fest in Wuppertal 25 Jahre Tanztheater Pina Bausch 9. - 31. Oktober 1998 A program with friends and artists from all over the world
1999 O DIDO A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with the Teatro Argentina in Rome and Neumann Productions
2000 WIESENLAND A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with Goethe Institute Budapest and Théâtre de la Ville Paris.
2001 AQUA A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with Brasilia, the Goethe Institut Sao Paulo und Emilio Kalil
Ein Fest in Wuppertal Tanztheater Pina Bausch 12. - 28. Oktober 2001
2002 FÃœR DIE KINDER VON GESTERN, HEUTE UND MORGEN A piece by Pina Bausch
2003 NEFÉS A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with the International Istanbul Theatre Festival and the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts
2004 TEN CHI A piece by Pina Bausch in coproduction with the Saitama Prefecture, Saitama Arts Foundation and the Nippon Cultural Centre. TANZTHEATER 3 WEEKS WITH PINA BAUSCH in Düsseldorf, Essen und Wuppertal 1. - 24. Oktober 2004
2005 ROUGH CUT A piece by Pina Bausch In coproduction with LG Arts Center and the Goethe-Institut Seoul, Korea.
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