A voyage into the creative universe of Pina Bausch

"Moving with Pina" is a ballad musical created by Cristiana Morganti as a tribute to Pina Bausch. It will be on stage at Teatro Campo Alegre on 22 and 23 March. In this "danced lecture," Cristiana Morganti explores her personal and artistic experiences as a soloist with the Pina Bausch Company.

Philippina "Pina" Bausch was a German dancer who went beyond the established standard in dance, blending movement, sound, and prominent stage sets that connected dance and dramatic work or theatre. Pina Bausch became an influence in the field of modern dance from the 1970s on.

Café Müller (1985), in which dancers stumble around the stage crashing into tables and chairs and Frühlingsopfer (The Rite of Spring) (1975) required the stage to be completely covered with soi, are her most renowned pieces.

Bausch once stated: "It is almost unimportant whether a work finds an understanding audience. One has to do it because one believes that it is the right thing to do. We are not only here to please, we cannot help challenging the spectator."

"Moving with Pina" is the intimate account of "Bausch ?style". After all, "it isn't so much about the way people dance, but about the reason they do it".

Cristiana Morganti is a dancer and choreographer, who played soloist with Pina Bausch's company from 1993 to 2014. She is currently a visiting professor at the National Superior Conservatory of Music and Dance of Paris (France) and at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome (Italy).

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