Pina Bausch Sourcebook

<p>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:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Dance and theatre roots and connections;</li> <p> </p> <li>Bausch’s developmental process;</li> <p> </p> <li>The creation of Tanztheater;</li> <p> </p> <li>Bausch’s reception;</li> <p> </p> <li>Critical perspectives.</li> </ul><p>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, <i>The Pina Bausch Sourcebook</i> aims to open up Bausch’s performative world for students, scholars, dance and theatre artists and audiences everywhere.</p> <p>Contents. List of figures. Acknowledgements. Introduction. I. Dance and Theatre Roots and Connections. II. Creating Bausch’s World. III. Tanztheater – A New Form. IV. Bausch’s Reception. V. Critical Perspectives. Bibliography. Index.</p>