Bandoneon: Working with Pina Bausch - Softcover

Raimund Hoghe; Ulli Weiss

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783193271 ISBN 13: 9781783193271

Publisher: Oberon Books, 2016

Synopsis

Bandoneon: Working with Pina Bausch is a new translation of Raimund Hoghe’s original rehearsal diary that documented the legendary Tanztheater Wuppertal’s work on Bandoneon (1980), illustrated with photos of the production by Ulli Weiss, and personal images and notes from the dancers.

This unique book records the method Pina Bausch developed and used, as seen by one of her close collaborators, Raimund Hoghe, who worked as dramaturg for the company for a decade (1979–1989).

It follows the work from the first day in rehearsals to its premiere, chronicling the process with artistic sensibility – Bausch’s famous questions, the dancers’ responses and Hoghe’s own reflections as the piece develops.

This important document sees its first English language publication, and is succinctly translated from the German by Penny Black. The diary is accompanied by an Introduction and A Portrait by Katalin Trencsényi, following Hoghe’s journey from being a journalist to becoming an internationally acknowledged dancer-choreographer.

Bandoneon: Working with Pina Bausch is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the work of Pina Bausch and Raimund Hoghe.

About this title

About the Author

RAIMUND HOGHE worked as dramaturg from 1979 to 1989 for Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal, which became the subject matter of two of his books. His works have been translated into several languages and published in Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States. Since 1989 he has been creating his own theatre pieces for various dancers and actors.

In 1994 Hoghe produced his first solo for himself, Meinwärts, which together with the subsequent Chambre séparée (1997) and Another Dream (2000) made up a trilogy on the 20th century. Raimund Hoghe's choreographies have been performed in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia, and were awarded with several dance prizes, including the 'Deutscher Produzentenpreis für Choreografie' (2001), the French Prix de la Critique (2006) for Swan Lake, 4 Acts.

In 2008 critics from the ballet-tanz magazine voted him to receive the 'Dancer of the Year' award.

KATALIN TRENCSÉNYI is a London-based dramaturg and researcher. As a freelance dramaturg, Katalin has worked with the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre, Deafinitely Theatre, Corali Dance Company, and Company of Angels, among others.

As an associate lecturer Katalin has taught at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She is the author of Dramaturgy in the Making. A User's Guide for Theatre Practitioners (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015), co-editor of New Dramaturgy: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice (Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2014), and a contributor to The Routledge Companion to Dramaturgy (Routledge, 2014).

PENNY BLACK has translated, adapted or written over forty plays for a variety of theatres such as the Royal Court, the Gate, the National Theatre, Lyric Hammersmith, Arcola Theatre as well as venues in America and Australia.

Her translation of Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek's SPORTS PLAY toured the UK during the Olympic year and was chosen as a Cultural Olympic Pop-Up event. From 2006 to 2012 she was the project co-ordinator for theatre, literature and dance at the Goethe-Institut, London. As a dramaturg Penny has worked widely: most significantly with Broadway producer Annette Niemtzow for White Dog productions and with Simon McBurney on Die Zauberfloete for DNO/ENO.

She is on the board of Company of Angels, a member of The Fence, and is the 2015-2017 Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Oxford Brookes. Since 2016 Penny is serving as President of the Dramaturgs Network.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oberon Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783193271
• ISBN 13: 9781783193271
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264