Choreographer_NP1 Pina_NP1 Bausch_NP1 Renowned_JJ for_IF Innovative_JJ ,_, Unconventional_NP1 Works_VVZ Pina_NP1 Bausch_NP1 ,_, 68_MC ,_, the_AT influential_JJ German-born_JJ choreographer_NN1 known_VVN for_IF dark_NN1 ,_, jagged_JJ ,_, experimental_JJ works_NN that_CST melded_VVD aspects_NN2 of_IO traditional_JJ dance_NN1 ,_, dialogue_NN1 and_CC outrageous_JJ set_NN1 design_NN1 to_TO form_VVI a_AT1 subgenre_NN1 all_DB its_APPGE own_DA ,_, died_VVD June_NPM1 30_MC in_II the_AT western_JJ German_JJ industrial_JJ city_NN1 of_IO Wuppertal_NP1 after_II being_VBG diagnosed_VVN with_IW cancer_NN1 last_MD week_NNT1 ._. 
Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 was_VBDZ one_MC1 of_IO the_AT 20th_MD century_NNT1 's_GE most_RGT important_JJ choreographers_NN2 ,_, and_CC her_APPGE dances_NN2 juxtaposed_JJ chaos_NN1 ,_, dreamscapes_NN2 and_CC riveting_JJ human_JJ emotion_NN1 ._. 
Noted_VVN American_JJ choreographer_NN1 William_NP1 Forsythe_NP1 once_RR said_VVD Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 "_" basically_RR reinvented_JJ dance_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 is_VBZ one_MC1 of_IO the_AT greatest_JJT innovators_NN2 of_IO the_AT past_JJ 50_MC years_NNT2 ._. 
Pina_NN1 needs_VVZ to_TO examine_VVI the_AT world_NN1 this_DD1 way_NN1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 is_VBZ a_AT1 category_NN1 of_IO dance_NN1 unto_II herself_PPX1 ._. 
Dance-theater_NN1 did_VDD n't_XX really_RR exist_VVI before_CS she_PPHS1 invented_VVD it_PPH1 ._. "_" 
More_DAR than_CSN any_DD other_JJ artist_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 is_VBZ credited_VVN with_IW advancing_VVG the_AT "_" tanztheater_NN1 ,_, "_" or_CC dance_VV0 theater_NN1 ,_, movement_NN1 in_II Germany_NP1 ._. 
Her_APPGE impact_NN1 was_VBDZ felt_VVN beyond_II Europe_NP1 as_RR21 well_RR22 ,_, with_IW U.S._NP1 choreographers_NN2 drawing_VVG from_II her_APPGE idiosyncratic_JJ style_NN1 and_CC experimenting_VVG with_IW performances_NN2 that_CST mixed_VVD dance_NN1 ,_, theater_NN1 and_CC film_NN1 ._. 
Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 was_VBDZ awarded_VVN Japan_NP1 's_GE Kyoto_NP1 Prize_NN1 and_CC the_AT Venice_NP1 Biennale_NP1 's_GE lifetime_NNT1 achievement_NN1 award_NN1 in_II 2007_MC ._. 
She_PPHS1 was_VBDZ honored_VVN with_IW the_AT prestigious_JJ New_NP1 York_NP1 Dance_NN1 and_CC Performance_NN1 Award_NN1 ,_, also_RR known_VVN as_II a_AT1 "_" Bessie_NP1 ,_, "_" in_II 1984_MC ._. 
Throughout_II her_APPGE career_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 has_VHZ enjoyed_VVN great_JJ support_NN1 from_II the_AT German_JJ government_NN1 ,_, who_PNQS provided_VVD substantial_JJ financial_JJ support_NN1 for_IF her_APPGE company_NN1 ._. 
Dance_VV0 critics_NN2 and_CC aficionados_NN2 first_MD took_VVD notice_NN1 of_IO Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 with_IW 1975_MC 's_GE "_" Rite_NN1 of_IO Spring_NN1 ,_, "_" a_AT1 new_JJ interpretation_NN1 of_IO Igor_NP1 Stravinsky_NP1 and_CC Rudolf_NP1 Nijinsky_NP1 's_GE landmark_NN1 ballet_NN1 ._. 
The_AT original_JJ ballet_NN1 depicts_VVZ a_AT1 pagan_JJ ritual_NN1 in_II which_DDQ a_AT1 woman_NN1 is_VBZ chosen_VVN to_TO be_VBI sacrificed_VVN and_CC then_RT dies_VVZ in_II the_AT final_JJ scene_NN1 ._. 
In_II Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 's_GE version_NN1 ,_, the_AT women_NN2 who_PNQS might_VM be_VBI sacrificed_VVN are_VBR the_AT center_NN1 of_IO the_AT story_NN1 ,_, allowing_VVG an_AT1 audience_NN1 to_TO feel_VVI more_DAR empathy_NN1 for_IF them_PPHO2 ._. 
It_PPH1 remains_VVZ one_MC1 of_IO her_APPGE best-known_JJ works_NN ._. 
"_" Rite_NN1 of_IO Spring_NN1 "_" is_VBZ an_AT1 early_JJ example_NN1 of_IO Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 's_GE affection_NN1 for_IF unconventional_JJ sets_NN2 :_: She_PPHS1 had_VHD the_AT entire_JJ stage_NN1 covered_VVN in_II peat_NN1 for_IF this_DD1 production_NN1 ._. 
The_AT set_NN1 for_IF 1977_MC 's_VBZ "_" Come_VVN Dance_NN1 With_IW Me_PPIO1 "_" is_VBZ a_AT1 playground_NN1 with_IW a_AT1 large_JJ slide_NN1 ;_; in_II "_" Nelken_NP1 "_" (_( 1983_MC )_) ,_, the_AT stage_NN1 is_VBZ covered_VVN in_II flowers_NN2 ._. 
Her_APPGE 1985_MC work_VV0 "_" Arias_NP1 "_" is_VBZ performed_VVN on_II a_AT1 stage_NN1 flooded_VVN with_IW ankle-deep_JJ water_NN1 ._. 
When_CS "_" Arias_NP1 "_" debuted_VVD in_II New_NP1 York_NP1 ,_, critical_JJ reactions_NN2 were_VBDR divided_VVN ._. 
New_NP1 York_NP1 Times_NNT2 dance_VV0 reviewer_NN1 Anna_NP1 Kisselgoff_NP1 declared_VVD it_PPH1 "_" a_AT1 theatrical_JJ tour_NN131 de_NN132 force_NN133 ,_, "_" while_CS Clive_NP1 Barnes_NP1 of_IO the_AT New_NP1 York_NP1 Post_NN1 thought_VVD it_PPH1 was_VBDZ a_AT1 spectacle_NN1 that_CST had_VHD "_" about_RG as_RG much_DA1 right_NN1 to_TO be_VBI considered_VVN art_NN1 as_CSA does_VDZ mud-wrestling_NN1 ._. "_" 
These_DD2 differing_JJ viewpoints_NN2 were_VBDR a_AT1 typical_JJ response_NN1 to_II Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 's_GE avant-garde_JJ approach_NN1 to_II choreography_NN1 and_CC uncomplicated_JJ movement_NN1 style_NN1 ._. 
To_II her_APPGE fiercest_JJT critics_NN2 ,_, her_APPGE works_NN were_VBDR gimmicky_JJ or_CC perplexing_JJ because_CS they_PPHS2 typically_RR lacked_VVD a_AT1 linear_JJ narrative_NN1 ._. 
Additionally_RR ,_, many_DA2 of_IO Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 's_GE works_NN incorporated_VVN repetitive_JJ scenes_NN2 or_CC movements_NN2 ,_, which_DDQ could_VM be_VBI irritating_JJ to_TO watch_VVI ._. 
Kisselgoff_NP1 described_VVD her_PPHO1 work_VV0 this_DD1 way_NN1 in_II 1980_MC :_: "_" To_TO like_VVI or_CC not_XX to_TO like_VVI Miss_NNB Bausch_NP1 's_GE work_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX the_AT issue_NN1 ._. 
Likable_NP1 is_VBZ not_XX a_AT1 word_NN1 that_CST applies_VVZ ._. 
She_PPHS1 holds_VVZ one_PN1 's_GE interest_NN1 ._. "_" 
Philippine_JJ Bausch_NN1 was_VBDZ born_VVN July_NPM1 27_MC ,_, 1940_MC ,_, in_II Solingen_NP1 ,_, near_II Wuppertal_NP1 ,_, where_CS her_APPGE parents_NN2 were_VBDR innkeepers_NN2 ._. 
She_PPHS1 described_VVD a_AT1 solitary_JJ upbringing_NN1 ,_, with_IW parents_NN2 preoccupied_JJ with_IW the_AT business_NN1 and_CC two_MC older_JJR siblings_NN2 almost_RR a_AT1 decade_NNT1 her_APPGE senior_JJ ._. 
"_" I_PPIS1 was_VBDZ always_RR up_RP till_II midnight_NNT1 or_CC one_MC1 o'clock_RA ,_, or_CC sitting_VVG under_II a_AT1 table_NN1 somewhere_RL ,_, "_" she_PPHS1 told_VVD the_AT London_NP1 Guardian_NN1 ._. 
One_MC1 day_NNT1 ,_, members_NN2 of_IO the_AT local_JJ theater_NN1 came_VVD into_II the_AT restaurant_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 said_VVD ,_, "_" and_CC they_PPHS2 saw_VVD me_PPIO1 always_RR hopping_VVG about_RP and_CC doing_VDG handstands_NN2 ._. 
So_RR they_PPHS2 took_VVD me_PPIO1 to_II the_AT children_NN2 's_GE ballet_NN1 ._. 
"_" All_DB the_AT children_NN2 had_VHD to_TO lie_VVI on_II their_APPGE stomachs_NN2 and_CC put_VVD their_APPGE legs_NN2 behind_II their_APPGE heads_NN2 ,_, "_" she_PPHS1 said_VVD ._. 
"_" And_CC it_PPH1 was_VBDZ so_RG easy_JJ for_IF me_PPIO1 to_TO do_VDI that_DD1 the_AT teacher_NN1 said_VVD ..._... something_PN1 like_II ,_, "_" You_PPY are_VBR a_AT1 snake-person_NN1 or_CC a_AT1 contortionist_NN1 ?_? 
"_" I_PPIS1 thought_VVD that_CST it_PPH1 was_VBDZ fantastic_JJ to_TO be_VBI like_II that_DD1 and_CC afterwards_RT always_RR wanted_VVN to_TO go_VVI back_RP ._. "_" 
As_II a_AT1 young_JJ woman_NN1 ,_, she_PPHS1 trained_VVD in_II Germany_NP1 under_II celebrated_JJ modern_JJ dance_NN1 choreographer_NN1 Kurt_NP1 Jooss_NP1 before_II winning_VVG a_AT1 scholarship_NN1 in_II 1958_MC to_TO attend_VVI the_AT Juilliard_NP1 School_NN1 in_II New_NP1 York_NP1 ._. 
She_PPHS1 found_VVD early_JJ mentors_NN2 in_II choreographers_NN2 Jose_NP1 Limon_NP1 and_CC Antony_NP1 Tudor_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS selected_VVD her_PPHO1 for_IF the_AT Metropolitan_JJ Opera_NN1 Ballet_NN1 company_NN1 ._. 
In_II the_AT early_JJ 1970s_MC2 ,_, she_PPHS1 began_VVD a_AT1 long_JJ career_NN1 as_CSA artistic_JJ director_NN1 of_IO the_AT Wuppertal_JJ Opera_NN1 Ballet_NN1 ,_, which_DDQ she_PPHS1 transformed_VVD into_II a_AT1 nexus_NN1 of_IO avant-garde_NN1 ,_, often_RR outlandishly_RR experimental_JJ productions_NN2 that_CST attracted_VVD talent_NN1 from_II all_RR over_II Europe_NP1 ._. 
Renaming_VVG it_PPH1 the_AT Dance_NN1 Theater_NP1 Wuppertal_NP1 ,_, she_PPHS1 remained_VVD at_II the_AT helm_NN1 of_IO this_DD1 company_NN1 until_CS her_APPGE death_NN1 ._. 
For_IF many_DA2 years_NNT2 ,_, she_PPHS1 was_VBDZ the_AT companion_NN1 of_IO stage_NN1 designer_NN1 Rolf_NP1 Borzik_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS collaborated_VVD on_II many_DA2 of_IO her_APPGE productions_NN2 until_CS his_APPGE death_NN1 in_II 1980_MC ._. 
She_PPHS1 then_RT entered_VVD a_AT1 relationship_NN1 with_IW Chilean_JJ poet_NN1 Ronald_NP1 Kay_NP1 ,_, with_IW whom_PNQO she_PPHS1 had_VHD a_AT1 son_NN1 ._. 
Survivors_NN2 include_VV0 her_APPGE son_NN1 ._. 
Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 had_VHD not_XX slowed_VVN down_RP in_II recent_JJ years_NNT2 ._. 
Spanish_JJ filmmaker_NN1 Pedro_NP1 Almodovar_NP1 ,_, who_PNQS admired_VVD her_APPGE work_NN1 ,_, included_VVD her_PPHO1 in_II his_APPGE 2002_MC film_NN1 "_" Talk_NN1 to_II Her_PPHO1 ._. "_" 
She_PPHS1 played_VVD herself_PPX1 ,_, performing_VVG her_APPGE piece_NN1 "_" Cafe_NN1 Muller_NP1 ,_, "_" a_AT1 semi-autobiographical_JJ work_NN1 set_VVN in_II an_AT1 empty_JJ restaurant_NN1 ._. 
Like_II many_DA2 of_IO her_APPGE works_NN ,_, the_AT piece_NN1 was_VBDZ about_II loneliness_NN1 and_CC alienation_NN1 ,_, and_CC the_AT movements_NN2 of_IO its_APPGE dancers_NN2 were_VBDR uncomfortably_RR aggressive_JJ ._. 
It_PPH1 could_VM be_VBI confusing_JJ and_CC moving_VVG ,_, depending_II21 on_II22 the_AT taste_NN1 of_IO the_AT viewer_NN1 ._. 
"_" What_DDQ moves_VVZ people_NN is_VBZ more_RGR interesting_JJ than_CSN how_RRQ they_PPHS2 move_VV0 ,_, "_" Ms._NNB Bausch_NP1 once_RR said_VVD ._. 
