Innovative German modern dance choreographer Pina Bausch passed away on Tuesday, at age 68, in a Wuppertal hospital.
“An unexpected death carried her away five days after being diagnosed with cancer,” said a source. “Only the Sunday before last she was on the stage with her company at the Wuppertal Opera House.”
The choreographer made a name for herself at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where she was known for a highly personalized style of dance, including exaggerated forms of expression and scenery.
Later this month, she was to present a performance of the The Seven Deadly Sins at the Chekhov International Theatre Festival in Moscow.
Bausch did what she loved until the very end!
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