Arts: Hopelessly devoted to you Her dancers are old hands but the inspiration of Pina Bausch remains as fresh as ever. By Nadine Meisner

From: The Independent - London | Date: January 26, 1999| Author: Nadine Meisner | Copyright information

Elusive, reclusive: Pina Bausch's mythical status grows by the year. When she joins the curtain-call at the end of a performance, it hardly seems possible it is her and not a hologram. She is a gaunt, baggy- trousered figure, an overworked creator of potent images who smiles a sphinx smile and locks arms with her interpreters.

Tanztheater Wuppertal are her family, her nomadic tribe, 30 men and women who dance, speak, sing and play games. They perform on stages covered in grass, or snow...

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