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    significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance movement,...
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  • The German Tanztheater ("dance theatre") grew out of German Expressionist dance in Weimar Germany and 1920s Vienna, and experienced a resurgence in the...
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    the founder of Tanztheater. Jooss is noted for establishing several dance companies, including most notably, the Folkwang Tanztheater, in Essen. Jooss...
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  • Wenders cancelled the project, but the dancers of Bausch's company, Tanztheater Wuppertal, convinced him to proceed as planned, as a way of memorializing...
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    Wuppertaler Bühnen. The house is also the venue for dance performances by the Tanztheater Wuppertal company created by Pina Bausch. The house was built in 1905...
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  • ("Der Panther"). Commissioned by the "Work-Group in Theater-Dance" (Tanztheater ArbeitsGemeinschaft) from the secondary school "Herder-Gymnasium", in...
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  • Pina Bausch created and performed Café Müller for her dance company Tanztheater Wuppertal. The performance took place on May 20, 1978 at the Opernhaus...
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    is a German choreographer and dancer who is an important innovator in Tanztheater, along with Pina Bausch and Susanne Linke. Reinhild Hoffmann moved to...
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    Alvin Ailey Rudolf von Laban Kurt Jooss (Ausdruckstanz) Pina Bausch (Tanztheater) Mary Wigman (Expressionist dance) Ursula Cain Heike Hennig (see Dancing...
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    choreographer Pina Bausch, who transformed the Ballett der Wuppertaler Bühnen to Tanztheater Wuppertal, caused a stir in the dance world with her stark depiction...
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