Pina Bausch’s work has had tremendous impact across the spectrum of late twentieth-century performance practice, helping to redefine the possibilities of what both dance and theater can be. This edited collection presents a compendium of source material and contextual essays that examine Pina Bausch's history, practice and legacy, and the development of Tanztheater as a new form, with sections including:

• Dance and theatre roots and connections;
• Bausch’s developmental process;
• The creation of Tanztheater;
• Bausch’s reception;
• Critical perspectives.

Interviews, reviews and major essays chart the evolution of Bausch’s pioneering approach and explore this evocative new mode of performance. Edited by noted Bausch scholar, Royd Climenhaga, The Pina Bausch Sourcebook aims to open up Bausch’s performative world for students, scholars, dance and theatre artists and audiences everywhere.

皮娜-鲍什的作品对20世纪后期的表演实践产生了巨大的影响，帮助重新定义了舞蹈和戏剧的可能性。这本编辑过的文集展示了原始材料和背景文章的汇编，考察了皮娜-鲍什的历史、实践和遗产，以及作为一种新形式的Tanztheater的发展，其中包括以下部分。

舞蹈和戏剧的根源和联系。

鲍什的发展过程。

探戈戏剧的创造。

鲍什的接受。

批评的观点。

访谈、评论和主要文章描述了鲍什的先锋方法的演变，并探讨了这种令人回味的新表演模式。由著名的鲍什学者Royd Climenhaga编辑的《皮娜-鲍什资料手册》旨在为学生、学者、舞蹈和戏剧艺术家以及各地观众打开鲍什的表演世界。