Bausch, Pina

Bausch, Pina, 1940-2009, German dancer and choreographer. After training with Kurt Jooss, she studied in New York with Antony Tudor, Paul Taylor, José Limon, and Paul Sanasardo. She began choreographing in 1968 and in 1973 assumed the post of ballet master of the Wuppertal State Opera Dance Theatre. While this theater remained the base for her company, it frequently performed throughout Europe and the United States. Bausch became known for her rather bleak vision of humanity and for her neoexpressionist approach, and was also noted for her dramatic, surreal stagings, e.g., in Carnations (1983) the stage was covered with thousands of silk carnations that were trampled during the performance, and in Arien (1985) the dance area was filled with ankle-deep water. Her experimental concert ballets included productions of Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins. She also choreographed Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps (1975) and Bandoneon (1980). Bausch's later works, which tended to be mellower in tone and more romantic than her earlier dances, include Two Cigarettes in the Dark (1994), The Window Washer (1997), and Danzón (1999). After 1986 Bausch also created full-length pieces inspired and usually commissioned by various cities; these include Palermo, Palermo (1991), Hong Kong in Der Fensterputzer (1997), Lisbon and São Paulo in Masurca Fogo (2001), and Istanbul in Nefés (2003).

Pina may refer to:

• 6521 Pina, a main-belt asteroid
• Pina Records, a Puerto Rican record label

People with the given name Pina:

• Pina Bausch (born 1940), German choreographer
• Pina Carmirelli (1914-1993), Italian violinist
• Pina Conti (21st century), Australian contortionist
• Pina Gallini (1888-1974), Italian actress
• Pina Kollars (21st century), Austrian singer
• Pina Manique (1733-1805), Portuguese magistrate
• Pina Martino (21st century), Canadian politician
• Pina Pellicer (1934-1964), Mexican actress
• Pina Renzi (1901-1984), Italian actress
• Rogelio Pina Estrada (20th century), Cuban attorney
• Wescley Pina Gonçalves (born 1984), Brazilian footballer

People with the surname Pina:

• Daniel Bautista Pina (born 1981), Spanish football player
• Jay Pina (born 1964), American boxer
• João Pina (born 1981), Portuguese judoka
• Kevin Pina (21st century), American journalist
• Larry Pina (born 1947), American non-fiction writer

See also

• de Pina
• Piña (disambiguation)
• Pina-Cabral