Pina Bausch Professions : Dance performer Born : July 27, 1940 Died : June 30, 2009 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Pina Bausch I'm not interested in how people move; I'm interested in what makes them move. Pina Bausch not-interested people moving To understand what I am saying, you have to believe that dance is something other than technique. We forget where the movements come from. They are born from life. When you create a new work, the point of departure must be contemporary life -- not existing forms of dance. Pina Bausch technique dancing believe Repetition is not repetition, ... The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end Pina Bausch different ends action Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost. Pina Bausch dancing lost I loved to dance because I was scared to speak. When I was moving, I could feel. Pina Bausch scared speak moving When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said. Pina Bausch different feelings trying Your fragility is also your strength. Pina Bausch fragility Everything must come from the heart, must be lived. Pina Bausch heart I'm not so interested in how they move as in what moves them. Pina Bausch dancing moving The things we discover for ourselves are the most important. Pina Bausch important I am more interested in what moves people, than how they move. Pina Bausch people moving I want to feel something, as a person. I don't want to be bored. Pina Bausch bored want feels I didn't want to imitate anybody. Any movement I knew, I didn't want to use. Pina Bausch movement use want I'm not interested in how people move, but what moves them. Pina Bausch them how not-interested people It was not like I planned even to be a choreographer. It just happened to me somehow. Pina Bausch just like me happened What I try to do is find a language for life. Pina Bausch find try language life
