1.
To understand what I am saying, you have to believe that dance is something other than technique. We forget where the movements come from. They are born from life. When you create a new work, the point of departure must be contemporary life -- not existing forms of dance.
Pina Bausch
2.
I'm not interested in how people move; I'm interested in what makes them move.
Pina Bausch
I am uninterested in the manner of people's actions; I am interested in the motive behind them.
3.
Repetition is not repetition, ... The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end
Pina Bausch
Redundancy is not redundancy... The same movements elicit a different emotion by conclusion.
4.
Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.
Pina Bausch
5.
I loved to dance because I was scared to speak. When I was moving, I could feel.
Pina Bausch
I cherished dancing since I was nervous to communicate. When I was grooving, I could sense.
6.
When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every piece is different, they are all trying to get at certain things that are difficult to put into words. In the work, everything belongs to everything else - the music, the set, the movement and whatever is said.
Pina Bausch
7.
Your fragility is also your strength.
Pina Bausch
Your vulnerability is also your power.
8.
Everything must come from the heart, must be lived.
Pina Bausch
Everything must originate from the soul, must be experienced.
9.
I'm not so interested in how they move as in what moves them.
Pina Bausch
10.
I am more interested in what moves people, than how they move.
Pina Bausch
11.
I didn't want to imitate anybody. Any movement I knew, I didn't want to use.
Pina Bausch
12.
I want to feel something, as a person. I don't want to be bored.
Pina Bausch
13.
The things we discover for ourselves are the most important.
Pina Bausch
