http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-06-30/things-to-do/dance-icon-pina-bausch-makes-her-final-exit San Diego News Network provides breaking news and resources online including: travel guides, sports, hotels, restaurants, classifieds, and a business directory. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-06-30/things-to-do/dance-icon-pina-bausch-makes-her-final-exit/comment-page-1#comment-6155 Alan Ziter Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:30:52 +0000 http://www.sdnn.com/?p=29078#comment-6155 When Pina Bausch was in San Diego to receive the distinguished Kyoto Prize, she rehearsed members of her Tanztheater Wuppertal at Dance Place San Diego at NTC Promenade. San Diego dancers both old and young were in awe of her as they peered through the windows to catch a glimpse of the rehearsal. The Kyoto Symposium provided San Diego's dance community a unique opportunity to watch Pina Bausch take her creative process from rehearsal to the stage. When Pina Bausch was in San Diego to receive the distinguished Kyoto Prize, she rehearsed members of her Tanztheater Wuppertal at Dance Place San Diego at NTC Promenade. San Diego dancers both old and young were in awe of her as they peered through the windows to catch a glimpse of the rehearsal. The Kyoto Symposium provided San Diego’s dance community a unique opportunity to watch Pina Bausch take her creative process from rehearsal to the stage.

]]> http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-06-30/things-to-do/dance-icon-pina-bausch-makes-her-final-exit/comment-page-1#comment-6111 D W Jacobs Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:12:23 +0000 http://www.sdnn.com/?p=29078#comment-6111 I saw 3 of her pieces in 1984 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They changed everything for me. It was as if I'd found something I'd been looking for my whole life. Her work gave me courage to explore completely new ways of working that had been lurking somewhere in the background. I'm still trying to integrate her influence. She was a catalyst for so many. You're right, we don't really expect someone like that to die. They've cuddled into our dreams. How can they go? She created stage imagery that lives indelibly etched in the memories of those who witnessed it. That's what the stage does best. She knew what to do with a stage. She took her strict classical training and used it to make startling explorations into the unknown. That's blend is just about as good as it gets. Like Tarkovsky, she was one of the great explorers of that border between conscious and subconscious. I saw 3 of her pieces in 1984 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They changed everything for me. It was as if I’d found something I’d been looking for my whole life. Her work gave me courage to explore completely new ways of working that had been lurking somewhere in the background. I’m still trying to integrate her influence. She was a catalyst for so many. You’re right, we don’t really expect someone like that to die. They’ve cuddled into our dreams. How can they go? She created stage imagery that lives indelibly etched in the memories of those who witnessed it. That’s what the stage does best. She knew what to do with a stage. She took her strict classical training and used it to make startling explorations into the unknown. That’s blend is just about as good as it gets. Like Tarkovsky, she was one of the great explorers of that border between conscious and subconscious.

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