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Pina Bausch "In the beginning there was nothing. It starts very small and becomes bigger.." Pina Bausch. In the mists of great dance practitioners such as Mary Wigman, John Ashbery and Bertolt Breeht stands Pina Bausch, who many critics describe as a woman of undefinable character with an immense sense of leadership. This research paper will briefly narrate Pina Bausch's life in the dancing profession focusing on her influences such as, people like Kurt Jooss …

…present in her teaching methods in relation to her relationship with her students, which this paper will be visiting further on. Bausch's method of teaching dance and the way she approaches the emotion behind dance was indeed considered quiet contemporary and psychological, which is a reflection of her influence from Anthony Tudor's works. "Pina Bausch creates epics, but they always retain that quality of having come from absance, of having been built piece by piece.."