Pina Bausch′s Dance Theater – Company, Artistic Practices, and Reception

Gabriele Klein

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Transcript Verlag
04 August 2020

Theatre Studies; Dance

Series: Critical Dance Studies

This volume provides new, ground-breaking perspectives on the globally renowned work of the Tanztheater Wuppertal and its iconic founder and artistic director, Pina Bausch. The company's performances, how it developed its productions, the global transfer of its choreographic material and the reactions of audiences and critics are explained as complex, interdependent and reciprocal processes of translation. This is the first book to focus on the artistic research conducted for the Tanztheater's international coproductions and features extensive interviews with dancers, collaborators and spectators and provides first-hand ethnographic insights into the work process. By introducing the praxeology of translation as a key methodological concept for dance research, Gabriele Klein argues that Pina Bausch's lasting legacy is defined by an entanglement of temporalities that challenges the notion of contemporaneity.

By: Gabriele Klein
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9783837650556
ISBN 10: 3837650553
Series: Critical Dance Studies
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 04 August 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Pieces; Company; Work Process; Solo Dance; Reception; Theory and Methodology; Conclusion; Indexes.

Gabriele Klein is professor of sociology of movement and dance and director of performance studies at the University of Hamburg. Her research fields are social and political theory of dance, choreography and performance, body politics and transnational popular dance cultures.

Reviews for Pina Bausch′s Dance Theater – Company, Artistic Practices, and Reception

"""A comprehensive and absolutely worth reading book."" Jan Kuhlbrodt, Signaturen, 9 (2020) ""[The reading] is only surpassed by one thing: the visit of a dance evening by Pina Bausch."" Thomas Rothschild, Kultura-Extra, 31.07.2020, translated from German ""Gabriele Klein [...] offers a fantastic wealth of information, she brings out the characteristic aspects of artistic creation and embeds the pieces in their respective historical, social and political time context."" Karen Nölle, TraLaLit, 29.07.2020, translated from German ""There are no many detailed works about one of the most famous dance companies in the world. The book offers new perspectives on the working process, the members and the reception of Tanztheater Wuppertal and the work of Pina Bausch."" Michael Lausberg, www.scharf-links.de, 08.07.2020, translated from German ""This book is designed to be a good introduction to Bausch's cosmos for all those interested in culture, while still containing sections that provide informative nourishment for even the most cunning specialists."" Helmut Ploebst, Der Standard, 27.03.2020, translated from German ""An informative and personal as well socially relevant reading pleasure, not only for a specialist audience, but for a broad readership."" Miriam Althammer, www.tanznetz.de, 26.02.2020, translated from German ""Klein [embeds] the artistic creation and work of the entire ensemble in complex cultural, sociological, but also intertextual contexts. The result makes a decisive contribution to being able to view the long-term impact of the artist in a new light ten years after her death."" Rico Stehfest, tanz, 1 (2020), translated from German ""A work [...] which represents the character of a standard work on the legend and the phenomenon of Pina Bausch and which refutes, supports and documents many of the previous second-hand publications [...]."" Peter Dahms, Tanzinfo Berlin, 07.10.2019, translated from German"