Pina Bausch

told without uttering a single sentence. – Wim Wenders. Obsessive, infuriating, exhausting, magnetic, Provocative, Feminist, Extraordinary, Brilliant, Poetic, A Crock, Indulgent, Deadening, and Superficial are just a few words used to describe Pina Bausch one of the most influential and controversial choreographers of the twentieth century. The high priestess of “Tanztheatre” changed the dance landscape forever. Her boundless imagination and provocative choreography changed the perception of what

they see. “Vollmond” is a masterpiece that was choreographed by Pina Bausch. The term, “Vollmond,” means “Full Moon,” and it also means “High Water.” The masterpiece that Pina Bausch created, depicts a crowd of people dancing in water and having fun while doing it. The setting of this scene is on stage with a dark atmosphere, a monumental rock in the middle, and a pool of water on the floor. In the piece, “Vollmond,” by Pina Bausch, the choreographer expresses the message through the symbol of water

Gerson Ricasata Dance 100 Steele Café Muller: Beyond Just Dance Pina Bausch’s style is that of emotion and dance being at the forefront of her pieces and through “Volmund” and “Café Muller” the story aspect of dance is taken out of the forefront and the audience is left to feeling the same not knowing what to make of it. Pina Bausch was raised in Germany where her family owns a café, which could be where she pulled experiences from in order to create Café Muller. Her style of Dance Theater is almost

PINA BAUSCH: CLASS PRESENTATION Introduction Pina Bausch was born in Germany during World War II. It is hard to even imagine the totality of destruction in Germany after the war. In Wuppertal, the industrial town in the West part of Germany where Pina Bausch lived and worked, 64% of private houses and 75% of all the schools were destroyed. Germany was able to rebuild thanks to American financial aid. People in Germany, as in other European beaten countries after the war, began to pin their hopes

challenging the spectator.” - Pina Bausch, 1975 Changing the landscape of the dance community, Pina Bausch introduced a new form of modern dance. Her intricate movement with an air of theatrical background created dances that both inspired and challenged choreographers for years to come. Born and raised in Germany, Pina Bausch joined the Folkwang Academy at age fifteen, and started dancing in the style of Tanztheater, a combination of theater and dance. When she was nineteen, Bausch move to New York, where

described the meaning of dance to her. Although Pina Bausch was a German choreographer, she also had many other labels such as a provocateur and feminist. Her choreography had a wide range of descriptions from beauty and humor to darkness and sarcasm. The artistry of Bausch physically and emotionally express sentiments and are highly dramatic. One of her most famous productions, Rite of Spring, is a perfect representation of the talent and voice Bausch contributed to the dance scene. The theatrical

"Caffe Muller" is a dance that was choreographed by Pina Bausch. Cafe Muller, holds a story behinds. It's a dark caffe that can be better described as a mental hospital. Two Ladies, who seem to be unhealthy and lost take over. It seems to interpret the issues between a relationship, and emotional distress that happened after an affair, during the holocaust. The experience seems of distraught that, was later seen by others. The dance "Caffe Muller" is an expressive dance with a love affair, during

Dance Review The dance review consisted of watching two dance videos posted on the internet via YouTube titled, Cafe Mueller. 1978 by Pina Bausch and One Flat Thing Reproduced by William Forsythe. Each of these dance videos is unique and similar with its own story behind the dance movements and settings. The video, Café Mueller, performed in 1978 by Pina Bausch, was very interesting to watch but confusing to determine the actual story plot. In the beginning, a woman enters through a revolving door

Pina Bausch’s classic Café Müller and The Rite of Spring seem to come from completely different worlds. The movement style, narratives, and musical scores are completely contrasting in the pieces. However, there is one similarity between the two — the way Pina intelligently uses the music to inform her movement. In both works she utilizes both stillness/silence and repetition to create power and drama to match the music. As I watched a tall woman, stumble blindly across a crowded stage in silence

16 Case Studies CASE 2 RAY-BAN SUNGLASSES: SELECTING THE TARGET AUDIENCE AND THE COMMUNICATION OBJECTIVES Objectives The case has been prepared to help you to appreciate the following: • What is an agency brief and what are its various components • To profile the market Segments and select the most attractive by carefully analysing the interpreting consumer data • Selection of communication objectives and development of a communication strategy to achieve a desired response. Structure