Annotated Bibiliography
Cande's photographs of Café Muller and Rite of Spring are stunning and raw. The images perfectly capture the lament, intent, and disconnect between the dancers and each other. They inform of the dancers' relationship to the space, to the tables and chairs, their inner journey throughout. Because of the dancers' commitment, the stills of the dance perfectly capture the intensity of which the performers emote. No need to see any movement in order to understand the gravity of what is occurring in this moment.
"[Café Müller, Le Sacre Du Printemps, Chorégraphies De Pina Bausch : Photographies / Daniel Cande]." Gallica. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. <http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9002188m>.
Pina, one of the pioneers of dance theatre, was greeted with widely divided reviews when she premiered her work in Wuppertal. Pina's work, as Servos notes, had branched away from ballet and modern dance at the time. Her work was unique, unparalleled, and unprecedented. Wuppertal Dance Theatre illuminates spaces, events, and interactions that are ever-present in audiences' lives and propels them in a way that becomes uncomfortable to watch (in the best way). Pina was met with criticism because she challenged audiences; in this article, Servos delves into those challenges, the questions the provoked, and the ripple she caused in the world of dance and theatre.
Servos, Norbert. "Talking about People through Dance." Biography. Pina Bausch Foundation. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. <http://www.pinabausch.org/en/pina/biography>.
Having watched this piece for many years, I always listened to the sounds of Café Muller, noticed its eeriness, figured it had to be relevant, but unsure how the lamenting opera singer pushed the narrative of Café Muller. The lamenting sounds comes from none other than “Dido’s Lament” from Henry Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas. Actually titled “When I am Laid on Earth,” the song comes from an opera where Dido cannot admit her love for Aeneas; this excerpt from The Rough Guide to Opera contains a massive “Aha!” moment for subtext enthusiasts. The authors describe the song’s tone as one stumbling through the dark, trying to find their way. This matters because the described feeling of this lament is the exact description of the motif of the piece: finding one’s way through a cluttered, dark space, eyes closed, palms forward. Reading about this opera deepens the understanding of the characters, relationships, and subtexts of Café Muller outside of this exciting find.
Boyden, Matthew, and Nick Kimberley. The Rough Guide to Opera. N.p.: Rough Guides, 2002. Print.
If anyone doubts the magic that is Pina Bausch, they should listen to this interview. The audio is under the tab, “The Choreographer”, but here’s what you’ll find: a man who only learned to love dance when he saw Pina, who was inspired to create at the first sight of Pina, snippets of descriptions of Pina by himself and her dancers, and the continuing allure that is Bausch. She is a vision and inspires everyone who saw her; not only did she change the world of dance, but she helped to change the world of film. This article delves into the relationship between Pina and filmmaker, Wim Wenders, but it also notes how her documentary helped to change the field of 3D film.
Dowell, Pat. "Wim Wenders On 'Pina': A Dance Documentary In 3-D." NPR. NPR, 14 Jan. 2012. Web. 01 May 2016. <http://www.npr.org/2012/01/14/145123337/wim-wenders-on-pina-a-dance-documentary-in-3-d>.
When thinking about the daunting task of researching “The Era,” I had no idea where to start. How do I talk about the life and location of which an artist created and how it may or may not have affected them? That is, until I searched “Social Movements in Late 20th Century Germany” and among the first results reads the best result I could have asked for—“German Women’s Movement of the 1970s.” Could there be a more perfect parallel to match with Pina, who many artists call a feminist icon. I could allude you to scholarly journals and books on this movement, but instead go to this page on Britannica. In a short video (5th of 7 pieces of media to look through), they summarize the impetuses, desires, and outcomes of the movement which centered around Pina becoming director of Tanztheater Wuppertal and the premier of Café Muller. Under “The Era”, there is a button to this page with a brief caption but take this as another push to check this out.
"women’s movement: 1970s, West Germany". Video. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 02 May. 2016. <http://www.britannica.com/topic/womens-movement/images-videos/Brief-overview-of-the-womens-movement-in-West-Germany-during/196571>
"[Café Müller, Le Sacre Du Printemps, Chorégraphies De Pina Bausch : Photographies / Daniel Cande]." Gallica. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. <http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9002188m>.
Pina, one of the pioneers of dance theatre, was greeted with widely divided reviews when she premiered her work in Wuppertal. Pina's work, as Servos notes, had branched away from ballet and modern dance at the time. Her work was unique, unparalleled, and unprecedented. Wuppertal Dance Theatre illuminates spaces, events, and interactions that are ever-present in audiences' lives and propels them in a way that becomes uncomfortable to watch (in the best way). Pina was met with criticism because she challenged audiences; in this article, Servos delves into those challenges, the questions the provoked, and the ripple she caused in the world of dance and theatre.
Servos, Norbert. "Talking about People through Dance." Biography. Pina Bausch Foundation. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. <http://www.pinabausch.org/en/pina/biography>.
Having watched this piece for many years, I always listened to the sounds of Café Muller, noticed its eeriness, figured it had to be relevant, but unsure how the lamenting opera singer pushed the narrative of Café Muller. The lamenting sounds comes from none other than “Dido’s Lament” from Henry Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas. Actually titled “When I am Laid on Earth,” the song comes from an opera where Dido cannot admit her love for Aeneas; this excerpt from The Rough Guide to Opera contains a massive “Aha!” moment for subtext enthusiasts. The authors describe the song’s tone as one stumbling through the dark, trying to find their way. This matters because the described feeling of this lament is the exact description of the motif of the piece: finding one’s way through a cluttered, dark space, eyes closed, palms forward. Reading about this opera deepens the understanding of the characters, relationships, and subtexts of Café Muller outside of this exciting find.
Boyden, Matthew, and Nick Kimberley. The Rough Guide to Opera. N.p.: Rough Guides, 2002. Print.
If anyone doubts the magic that is Pina Bausch, they should listen to this interview. The audio is under the tab, “The Choreographer”, but here’s what you’ll find: a man who only learned to love dance when he saw Pina, who was inspired to create at the first sight of Pina, snippets of descriptions of Pina by himself and her dancers, and the continuing allure that is Bausch. She is a vision and inspires everyone who saw her; not only did she change the world of dance, but she helped to change the world of film. This article delves into the relationship between Pina and filmmaker, Wim Wenders, but it also notes how her documentary helped to change the field of 3D film.
Dowell, Pat. "Wim Wenders On 'Pina': A Dance Documentary In 3-D." NPR. NPR, 14 Jan. 2012. Web. 01 May 2016. <http://www.npr.org/2012/01/14/145123337/wim-wenders-on-pina-a-dance-documentary-in-3-d>.
When thinking about the daunting task of researching “The Era,” I had no idea where to start. How do I talk about the life and location of which an artist created and how it may or may not have affected them? That is, until I searched “Social Movements in Late 20th Century Germany” and among the first results reads the best result I could have asked for—“German Women’s Movement of the 1970s.” Could there be a more perfect parallel to match with Pina, who many artists call a feminist icon. I could allude you to scholarly journals and books on this movement, but instead go to this page on Britannica. In a short video (5th of 7 pieces of media to look through), they summarize the impetuses, desires, and outcomes of the movement which centered around Pina becoming director of Tanztheater Wuppertal and the premier of Café Muller. Under “The Era”, there is a button to this page with a brief caption but take this as another push to check this out.
"women’s movement: 1970s, West Germany". Video. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 02 May. 2016. <http://www.britannica.com/topic/womens-movement/images-videos/Brief-overview-of-the-womens-movement-in-West-Germany-during/196571>
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Servos, Norbert. "Talking about People through Dance." Biography. Pina Bausch Foundation. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. <http://www.pinabausch.org/en/pina/biography>.
Florêncio, João. "Enmeshed Bodies, Impossible Touch." Performance Research 20.2 (2015): 53-59. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. Wood, Darrell. "Cafe Müller." NYC Dance Stuff. 25 Aug. 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. <https://nycdancestuff.wordpress.com/2012/08/25/cafe-muller-by-pina-bausch-with-pina-bausch-performing/>. Albilla, Julián Daniel Gutiérrez. "Body, Silence and Movement: Pina Bausch's Café Müller in Almodóvar's Hable Con Ella." Studies in Hispanic Cinemas Studies in Hispanic Cinema 2.1 (2005): 47-58. Web. 12 Apr. 2016. Johnson, Renee. "Germany's Legendary Pina Bausch Tanztheater Wuppertal to Perform West Coast Premiere of "Nelken" at UCLA's Royce Hall." UCLA Newsroom. UCLA, 16 Aug. 1999. Web. 16 Apr. 2016. <http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Germany-s-Legendary-Pina-Bausch-1024>. "Pina Bausch." Tanztheater Wuppertal. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2016. <http://www.pina-bausch.de/en/dancetheatre/>. Zimmerman, Marie. "Tanztheater as Art Form." The Muse Dialogue. N.p., 2012. Web. 01 May 2016. <https://musedialogue.org/articles-by-genre/performing-arts/giving-dance-its-due/tanztheater-as-art-form/>. Dowell, Pat. "Wim Wenders On 'Pina': A Dance Documentary In 3-D." NPR. NPR, 14 Jan. 2012. Web. 01 May 2016. <http://www.npr.org/2012/01/14/145123337/wim-wenders-on-pina-a-dance-documentary-in-3-d>. Boyden, Matthew, and Nick Kimberley. The Rough Guide to Opera. N.p.: Rough Guides, 2002. Print. Johnson Lewis, Jone. "Status of Women - Germany - 20th Century." About.com: Women's History. N.p., 1995. Web. 2 May 2016. <http://womenshistory.about.com/library/ency/ blwh_germany_women.htm> . Harrigan, Renny. Jump Cut. a Review of Contemporary Media. Vol. 27. N.p.: UMI/Proquest, 1982. Web. 2 May 2016. <http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC27folder/ GermUSWmsMovt.html#11>. Schlaeger, Hilke, and Nancy Vedder-Shults. "The West German Women's Movement." New German Critique 13 (1978): 59-68. JSTOR. Web. 2 May 2016. Tashiro, Mimi. "Presidential Lectures: Pina Bausch - Life." Stanford Presidential Lectures in the Humanities and Arts. Stanford Univeristy, 1999. Web. 02 May 2016. https://prelectur.stanford.edu/lecturers/bausch/life.html. "women’s movement: 1970s, West Germany". Video. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Web. 02 May. 2016. <http://www.britannica.com/topic/womens-movement/images-videos/Brief-overview-of-the-womens-movement-in-West-Germany-during/196571> |
Café Muller, in its entirety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZd2SkydIXA Clips from Café Muller featuring the couple's embrace being manipulated, as featured in Pina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCQ29EUwvrI A report on Pina following her death; delves into her career, choreography, process, and inspirations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kZ8zui9x0c Pina, the official trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNuQVS7q7-A "NOWHERE", the central scene in memoriam for Pina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDNoB5q9ik Encyclopedia Britannica on Germany's Feminist Movement in the Late 20th Century http://www.britannica.com/topic/womens-movement/images-videos/Brief-overview-of-the-womens-movement-in-West-Germany-during/196571 Additional Sights and Sounds
An interview between Wim Wenders and NPR on Pina
(This link follows to an article as well as the audio of the interview; additionally, there are audio extras on the page.) http://www.npr.org/2012/01/14/145123337/wim-wenders-on-pina-a-dance-documentary-in-3-d An opportunity to listen & download "When I am Laid to Earth" from Dido & Aeneas -- the score of Café Muller (download link is under "Café Muller" tab at bottom!) A gallery of photos shot from a performance of Pina's Café Muller and Rite of Spring, some of which are featured in the slideshow under "Café Muller" http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9002188m Other Images found on Google |