Bausch's pioneering redeveopment of 'Tanztheatre' blends dance and dramatic elements, with its roots in the expressionist dance of Weimar Germany during the inter war years. Her directorship at Wuppertal began in 1973, and has since created a huge body of independent and distinct work, which continues to be performed by the company today. Her cultural influence stretches from Pedro Almadovar, Rei Kawakubo, Wim Wenders and David Bowie to modern choreographers and images makers who all cite her as a direct influence. The programmes and books here cover various performances- Komm tanz mit mir, Keuschheitslegende with Nino Rota, Kontakthof, Bandoneon with Carlos Gardel, Orpheus und Eurydike, Two Cigarettes in the Dark, Er nimmt sie an der Hand und führt sie in sein Schloss..., Tanzabend 1 and 2, Auf dem Gebirge hat man ein Geschrei gehört- they comprise a highly visual body of work, from documentation, physical sketches, linguistic interplay, scrapbook images, locations, sets and real and imagined biographies. “There is no book. There is no set. There is no music. There is only life and us. It's absolutely frightening to do a work when you have nothing to hold on to”. She stated, “In the end, it's composition. What you do with things. There's nothing there to start with. There are only answers: sentences, little scenes someone's shown you. It's all separate to start with. Then at a certain point I'll take something which I think is right and join it to something else. This with that, that with something else. One thing with various other things. And by the time I've found the next thing is right, then the little thing I had is already a lot bigger."
