Pina Bausch |
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Author:
| Climenhaga, Royd |
Editor:
| Chamberlain, F. |
Series title: | Routledge Performance Practitioners Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-281-90018-0 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2007 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance.
This book is the first English language overview of Pina Bausch s work and methods, combining:
- an historical and artistic context for Bausch s work.
Routledge Performance Practitioners is a series of introductory guides to the key theatre-makers of the last century. Each volume explains the background to and the work of one of the major influences on twentieth- and twenty-first-century performance.
This book is the first English language overview of Pina Bausch s work and methods, combining:
- an historical and artistic context for Bausch s work.
- her own words on her work, including a newly published interview.
- a detailed account of her groundbreaking work Kontakthof, both as performed by Tanztheater Wuppertal and by ladies and gentlemen over 65.
- practical exercises derived from Bausch s working method for both dance and theatre artists and students.
As a first step towards critical understanding, and as an initial exploration before going on to further, primary research, Routledge Performance Practitioners are unbeatable value for today s student.
Royd Climenhaga currently teaches at Eugene Lang College/The New School University in New York City. He writes on intersections bewteen dance and theater and develops and produces new physical performance works as Co-Artistic director of Human Company.
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