European Dance Theater Tanztheater an overview of its past and present : Including interviews and choreography by Kurt Jooss and Pina Bausch /

• Main Author: Bergsohn, Harold (σκηνοθέτης.)
• Other Authors: Partsch-Bergsohn, Isa (σκηνοθέτρια.)
• Format: Video DVD
• Language: English
• Published: Highstown, NJ. : Dance Horizon Video, 1997.
• Subjects: Χορός, Μοντέρνος > Γερμανία.
• Physical Description: 1 βιντεοδίσκος (DVD) (62 λεπτά) : με ήχ., έγχρ. ; 4 3/4 ίν.
• ISBN: 0871272938

Survey of contemporary dance in Germany, focusing on Tanztheater and related dance-theater forms such as Johann Kresnik's "choreographic theater." Interviews with prominent choreographers and excerpts from their works contribute to a vivid picture of current thinking and stage practice. Dance critic Jochen Schmidt gives his assessment of the contemporary scene. Also described are influential dancer-choreographers of the past, among them Valeska Gert, Mary Wigman, and Dore Hoyer. The late Kurt Jooss, seen in an interview recorded in 1976, recalls his mentor Rudolf Laban ; his daughter Anna Markard, in turn, contrasts her father's concept of Tanztheater to choreographic works seen today.