Pina Bausch

By JennaShumar

  • Pina's Birth

    In Solingen, Germany

  • Pina begins her dance studies

    Pina studies under Kurt Jooss at Folkwang School in Essen

  • Graduation at Folkwang School in Essen

  • Juilliard

    Pina was awarded with a scholarship of the German Academical Exchange Service (DAAD) to continue her studies of dance in the United States at Juilliard

  • Dance Company Paul Sanasardo and Donya Feuer

    Pina supported herself financially in New York by becoming a member in the Dance Company Paul Sanasardo and Donya Feuer

  • Metropolitan Opera in New York

    Pina was a dancer at Metropolitan Opera in New York under the direction of Antony Tudor and at New American Ballet Working with Paul Taylor

  • Returns to Germany

  • First Choreographies

    Fragment, created for Folkwang Ballett, music by Béla Bartók.

  • New Responsibility

    Artistic director, choreographer and dancer of Folkwang Ballet newly founded by Kurt Jooss

  • Return to New York

    Guest teacher for modern dance, guest soloist and choreographer at Dance Company Paul Sanasardo

  • New Direction

    Intendant Arno Wüstenhöfer, general director of Wuppertaler Bühnen engages Pina Bausch as director and choreographer of the Ballet Company which was named Wuppertaler Tanztheater and later changed into Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch

  • New Works of Dance

    IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS, Dance-opera by Pina Bausch (music: Christoph W.Gluck)
    ICH BRING DICH UM DIE ECKE (Ill Do You In), by Pina Bausch pop-music work
    ADAGIO - FÜNF LIEDER VON GUSTAV MAHLER, by Pina Bausch

  • Movie performance

    Performs in Federico Fellinis film E la nave va

  • Head Director

    Becomes director of “Folkwang Tanzstudio”

  • Film Director

    Filming of The Plaint Of The Emperess directed by Pina Bausch

  • Pina's Death

    Pina died in 2009 in Wuppertal