When I first began choreographing, I never thought of it as choreography but as expressing feelings. Though every … - Pina Bausch

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I think acting has helped me come out of my shell because when I play a character, I can't be self-conscious.

Pina Bausch

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.

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I'm not interested in how people move; I'm interested in what makes them move.

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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.

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Repetition is not repetition,. . . The same action makes you feel something completely different by the end

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Dance, dance, otherwise we are lost.

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I loved to dance because I was scared to speak. When I was moving, I could feel.

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