The Dance Theatre in the Film Pina

Abstract

Dance Theatre is a kind of comprehensive performance form of high difficulty, based on the generalized dance, pursuing a return to the traditional dance form. Pina Bausch’s Dance Theater will be promoted to a mature period using a special theatre style, which blends various art categories, even elements in life [1]. Speech, voice, sign language, pantomime, social dance, circus, live music, stage devices, natural environment objects, cinematic montage and other elements are combined to form a new diverse and rich dramatic stage language. This paper is mainly to explore the Dance Theater in the film Pina.