The riotous premiere of "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 Paris is something of a legend. Igor Stravinsky's dissonant, pulsating score; Vaslav Nijinsky's frantic, tribalistic choreography; and the ballet's ...

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For dancer Anique Ayiboe, entering the world of "The Rite of Spring" has been a journey of discovery. The Togolese dancer, who has been traveling and performing the renowned 1975 Pina Bausch piece ...

Current artistic director Bettina Wagner-Bergelt tells theartsdesk why the time is right to bring back an early masterpiece, unperformed for 29 years. Highly experimental, violent and tender by turns, ...

Choreographer-led works at the annual German theater event range from the transgressive to the melancholic. By Emily J. May “Kontakthof,” a pivotal Bausch dance from 1978, is being staged with members ...

Get Access To Every Broadway Story Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Pina Bausch (1940 - 2009), one of the most ...

Bluebeard, from 1977, is a test of loyalty for even the most ardent Bausch fan. A response to Bartok’s opera about a serial wife-murderer and his last victim, it has none of the humour, nostalgia or ...

Pina Bausch, choreographer and director of the Wuppertal dance theater, is seen in Frankfurt, central Germany. Pina Bausch, a German choreographer known for her pioneering work, died Tuesday. She was ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. It was not without trepidation in 1984 that I first met Pina Bausch, the ...

“Kontakthof,” a pivotal Bausch dance from 1978, is being staged with members of the original cast. They talk about coming back to it nearly 50 years later. By Roslyn Sulcas She overcame childhood ...