PINA BAUSCH

I was introduced to the work of Pina Bausch many years ago now by the artist Graham Dean. Aside from being a fascinating painter seemingly endless reinventing himself from his days with the Nick Treadwell Galery to his groundbreaking work in watercolour writ large, Graham had a strong knowledge and fascination with modern dance and did collaborative works with dancers and their companies that I always enjoyed but we spent many a happy time around the VHS video player watching his collection of performances of the Pina Bausch dancers from Wuppertal. They had a season at the Sadlers Wells Company these past few days ending tomorrow of her last piece - a clip of which is above and I believe stands up there with the very best of her work