The Pina Bausch Sourcebook: The Making of Tanztheater

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 including: Dance and theatre roots and connections; Bausch���s developmental process; The creation of Tanztheater; Bausch���s reception; Critical perspectives. 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 Sourc aims to open up Bausch���s performative world for students, scholars, dance and theatre artists and audiences everywhere.Product details Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 15, 2012) ISBN-10: 0415618029 ISBN-13: 978-0415618021