Philippine Bausch nicknamed as Pina, is a dancer and choreographer born 1940 in Germany. Following first experiences at Solingen's children's ballet, at the early age of 14 she started her dance training at the Folkwang Hochschule. In 1958 she was awarded the Folkwang-Price and armed with a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service, she leaves for one year as a special student at the Juilliard School of Music to New York. As a dancer she worked with Paul Taylor, Paul Sanasardo and Donya Feuer.
She has won many awards including, The Honour award, Laurence Olivier Award and Japan's Kyoto Prize and while in 2008 the city of Frank am Main awarded her its Goethe Prize.
Her latest 3D documentary film, Pina, saw work with Wim Wenders. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2011. Her work is soon to be staged in June and July this year to highlight cultural Olympiad preceding the Olympic games 2012in London. Her work was created whilst on a visit to 10 global countries where she was invited to LA, Rome, Japan, India, Brazil, Hong Kong and Budapest to name a few between 1986 and 2009.
Her latest 3D documentary film, Pina, saw work with Wim Wenders. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2011. Her work is soon to be staged in June and July this year to highlight cultural Olympiad preceding the Olympic games 2012in London. Her work was created whilst on a visit to 10 global countries where she was invited to LA, Rome, Japan, India, Brazil, Hong Kong and Budapest to name a few between 1986 and 2009.
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