# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pina-bausch
# Generated: 2026-08-31T14:40:33.027Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Philippine Bausch was born in Germany on 27 July 1940 and trained as a dancer before the choreographic work began. In the 1970s she created Tanztheater Wuppertal, the company that became her instrument, and developed a method that pulled her dancers into the creative process — not just performing steps but building the pieces themselves. The work blended movement with prominent sound design and involved stage sets, a stylised neo-expressionist approach that influenced modern dance from that decade forward. The company toured internationally, carrying that vocabulary outward. Bausch died on 30 June 2009, but the tradition she named — Tanztheater — remains hers.