Pina Bausch
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Philippine "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch's approach was noted for a styl
Bausch at the festival d'Avignon in 1981
Frühlingsopfer, premiered in 1975, pictured in 2009
Poster in front of Schauspielhaus Wuppertal, 2008
Flowers left at the Wuppertal Opernhaus (1 July 2009)
The Rite of Spring
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The Rite of Spring is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1913 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company; the original
Pina Bausch
…of the dancers perform this piece with their eyes closed. The six dancers continually lift, drop, and chase each other. The thrilling Frühlingsopfer (The Rite of Spring) (1975) required the stage to be completely covered with soil. In 1983, she played the role of La Principessa Lherimia in Federico Fellini's film And…
Concept design from Diaghilev's 1913 production
Stravinsky, sketched by Picasso, 1920
Sergei Diaghilev, director of the Ballets Russes from 1909 to 1929, as painted by Léon Bakst
First page from the handwritten score of Le Sacre du printemps