Much of Pina Bausch later work does focus on love and relationships; however in her earlier work she created many productions that questioned socio-political topics that affected her on a personal level. When Pina Bausch moved back to Germany, after attending Julliards, the country was still divided inn to East and West Germany. In 1989 on November 9th, the Berlin Wall was opened ending the 23 year division of the country. These are some major events that happened in Germany, while Pina Bausch was living there. Many of her productions are inspired by other countries that the conflicts that reside in them. For example in her production of Chili, Pina Bausch was addressing current events that were affecting some of her dancers from South America.
I think Pina and Bill T are a bit similar in that they want to provoke questions about world events rather than answers. They both like to make the audience think, as well as bring them out of their comfort zone. Do you know what events were happening in South America in her production of Chili? Did it possibly have anything to do with Pinochet and his dictatorship over Chile? Just a guess :) Great job last week, loved your interpretation of Pina!
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