Dominique Mercy (born 1950) [1] is a French contemporary dancer. He has been a member, since 1974, [1] of the Tanztheater Wuppertal company of Pina Bausch as well as a choreographer in his own right.
Dominique Mercy (born 1950) [1] is a French contemporary dancer. He has been a member, since 1974, [1] of the Tanztheater Wuppertal company of Pina Bausch as well as a choreographer in his own right.
Dominique Mercy received his education in classical dance. After a stay in the United States, he met Pina Bausch (1940-2009) in 1972. She invited him to join her recently created contemporary dance company in Germany, with which he has remained since 1974.
He co-created some of the dance corps choreography and pieces. He became one of the most famous contemporary dancer and received a Bessie Award in 2002 for his performance in Masurca Fogo.
Together with Bausch's assistant Robert Sturm, he was elected unanimously by the ensemble in place of Pina Bausch in October 2009. [2]
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Philippine "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer and choreographer who was a significant contributor to a neo-expressionist dance tradition now known as Tanztheater. Bausch's approach was noted for a stylized blend of dance movement, prominent sound design, and involved stage sets, as well as for engaging the dancers under her to help in the development of a piece, and her work had an influence on modern dance from the 1970s forward. Her work, regarded as a continuation of the European and American expressionist movements, incorporated many expressly dramatic elements and often explored themes connected to trauma, particularly trauma arising out of relationships. She created the company Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, which performs internationally.
The German Tanztheater grew out of German Expressionist dance in Weimar Germany and 1920s Vienna, and experienced a resurgence in the 1970s.
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