tanztheater

See also: Tanztheater

English

Etymology

German Tanztheater (literally “dance theatre”).

Noun

tanztheater (uncountable)

1. A form of German expressionist dance.
   • 2008, Karen K. Bradley, Rudolf Laban, →ISBN, page 30:

     This tension between freedom/flow/innovation and control/containment/regulation of patterns lies at the heart of tanztheater in general, and Laban's approach to performance in particular.

   • 2009 July 1, Daniel J. Wakin, quoting Joseph V. Melillo, “Pina Bausch, German Choreographer, Dies at 68”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “The whole scale of Pina Bausch’s tanztheater no one had ever seen before,” he added.