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Pina Bausch[pE´nu boush] Pronunciation Key, 1940–, German dancer and choreographer. After training with Kurt Jooss, she studied in New York with Antony Tudor, Paul Taylor, and Paul Sanasardo. In 1973 she assumed the post of ballet master of the Wuppertal State Opera Dance Theatre. She became known for her rather bleak vision of humanity and its power struggles, her neoexpressionist approach, and her dramatic, surreal stagings; for example, 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 have included productions of Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins. She has also choreographed Stravinsky's Sacre du printemps (1975) and Bandoneon (1980). Bausch's later work, which tends to be mellower in tone and more romantic than her earlier dances, include Two Cigarettes in the Dark (1994), The Window Washer (1997), and DanzOn (1999). From the 1990s on, Bausch's commissioned work has included pieces inspired by various places, such as Sicily in Palermo, Palermo (1991), Hong Kong in Der Fensterputzer (1997), and Portugal and Brazil in Masurca Fogo (2001).
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