Tag: Pina Bausch

Anabella Lenzu doesn’t use playlists in her dance classes. Instead, she puts on full albums. “I feel like if I play different songs from different composers, it’s too distracting,” she says. On the other hand, she feels like “one album is an exploration.” She wants class to be a journey—akin to a show. Even if […]

Following World War II, modern dance in Germany experienced a shift. Out of Mary Wigman and Rudolf Laban’s Ausdruckstanz, or expressionist dance, a new genre grew: Tanztheater (dance theater). Poetic and pedestrian movement mixed with text, drama and sets to form highly theatrical works. German choreographer Pina Bausch is most associated with Tanztheater, and her […]