Pina Bausch Quotes

Germany, Dancer
July 27, 1940 – June, 30, 2009.

Philippina "Pina" Bausch (27 July 1940 – 30 June 2009) was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director. With her unique style, a blend of movement, sound, and prominent stage sets, and with her elaborate collaboration with performers during the development of a piece (a style now known as Tanztheater), she became a leading influence in the field of modern dance from the 1970s on.

Also known as Choreographer, Teacher, Director

I'm not interested in how people move, but what moves them.

Pina Bausch
- People
What I try to do is find a language for life.

Pina Bausch
- Life

Everything must come from the heart, must be lived.

Pina Bausch
- Heart
When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said.

Pina Bausch
- Work
- Music
- Different
I want to feel something, as a person. I don't want to be bored.

Pina Bausch
- Bored
It was not like I planned even to be a choreographer. It just happened to me somehow.

Pina Bausch