Barbe bleu pina bausch biography

Pina Bausch was born July 24, 1940 in Solingen, Germany.  Her parents August and Anita Bausch, owners of a café, named her Phillippine and she was the third child in the family.    In 1955, at the age of 14, Pina started her dance training at the Folkwangschule in Essen, Germany.  The director of the school was Kurt Jooss, who was a major influence in the German Expressionist dance movement.  In 1958 Pina Bausch graduated from folkwangschule and continued her studies at Julliard in New York City.  She was awarded a scholarship for her education at Julliard.  While there her teachers consisted of jose Limon, Antony Tudor, Paul Sanasardo, and Paul Taylor.  In New York, she danced in the Paul Sanasardo and Donya Feuer Dance Company, New American Ballet, and Metropolitan Opera Ballet that was being directed by Antony Tudor.  In 1962 Pina Bausch joined the Folkwang Ballett Company, that was directed by Kurt Jooss, a soloist and an assista