PINA BAUSCHS CORPORAL DRAMATURGY What does corporal dramaturgy

PINA BAUSCH´S CORPORAL DRAMATURGY What does corporal dramaturgy mean? Das Stück mit dem Schiff It is a drama construction process, that intertwines languages of dance, theater, and plastic arts. Die sieben Todsünden Keuschheitslegende “Her work … is about relationships, fear of death and our desire of being loved”. (PRICE, 1990)

Bausch's repertory is cruel, cynical and violent although it has humor and hope. Nelken Auf dem gebirge hat man ein geschrei gehört Pina´s creations are social representations about gender, race and class. It is no orthodox drama since there is no spoken dialogue. Instead, Pina´s work is built on gestures, sounds, smells and fortuitous voices. Nelken

Viktor “On an everyday level, movements are only repeated if the purposeful actions calls for such repetition (such as household chores, for example). When repeating a movement without such a purpose, we focus on the movement as such and notice aspects which remain hidden otherwise, like the beauty of washing ones hair [. . . ] The everyday body is thus revealed in Pina Bausch’s work as distinct from objects and as our unique point of access to the world, engaged in actions which are embedded in various contexts or horizon. Furthermore, it is revealed as affected by the world and its elements – the second approach to the body. ” (Staehler, 2009)

Hard to grasp and also funny scenes, empty or jammed stages, . dirty or uneven sets, Bausch´s productions are also very expensive. Huge sets with 40 trees as in Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehör, dozens. of chairs in Café Muller or three thousand carnations in Neiken – are props (materials) that need to be replaced. . Café Mueller Auf dem gebirge hat man ein geschrei gehört Nelken

Bausch exhibits a deconstruction of roles of man and women that must be interpreted as a parody. It is not a “… strange entertainment that reasserts oppressive values on women that are sadistically displayed” (GOLBERG, 1989). Auf dem gebirge hat man ein geschrei gehört Nelken Palermo, Palermo

For fifteen years, Bausch created works created in response to various locations worldwide. This excavation refers to Rome as an archaeological site (Viktor – 1986) Rough Cut (Korea/ Seul) Her method was simple and was repeated in every city. Dancers strolled in the cities in search of something special. Each perceived urban surroundings and out of this material elaborated a choreography. Viktor (1986), about the city of Rome, begins the travelogue productions in which urban settings are the main characters.

Each place is a place, each city is a story, is a 'body'. Urban society is in decay, dehumanized, full of mistakes and wars. This is Bausch´s theme. She was interested in going to a location and perceiving the people out there. Der Fensterputzer (Hong Kong) Mazurka Fogo (Lisboa) Água (Brasil) O Dido (Roma)

In the work of Pina Bausch there are continuing themes of love, intimacy and relationships- with all their tensions and difficulties and then there are explorations of loneliness, alienation, angst, the inability to make human connections, rejection and the struggle for self-identity (Tashiro, 1999). Bamboo Blues (India) Nefés (Turquia/Istambul) Tanzabend II (Madrid)

Wiesenland (Hungria) Ten Chi (Japão) Urban society is in decay, dehumanized, full of mistakes and wars. , This is Bausch´s theme. She was interested in going to a location and perceiving the people out there. Bamboo Blue (India) . . . como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si…(Chile)

Those are relations of the urban scenario, open to observation and reflection, exposing moments in which the individual views himself as excluded from human association and without chance of communicating with others. In the The Lonely City of Bausch´s art, time-space relations become oppressive in the lives of people without neither name nor future. Bausch´s work is like our dreams: sometimes secret, other times absurd, but indispensable to understand real life and to live. “This global theatre is generous, relaxed in its perception of the world and thoroughly charming towards its audience. It invites them to make peace with life, and trust their courage to go on living and their own strength. A mediator between cultures, it is a messenger of freedom and mutual understanding”. (NORBERT SERVOS) Pina Bausch (1940 -2009) Bausch had an ever present theme: the pursuit of happiness.

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