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tanztheater

tanztheater noun: a form of German expressionist dance.

Noun

tanztheater (uncountable)

  1. A form of German expressionist dance.
    • 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.2008, Karen K. Bradley, Rudolf Laban, →ISBN, page 30
    • “The whole scale of Pina Bausch’s tanztheater no one had ever seen before,” he added.2009 July 1, Daniel J. Wakin, quoting Joseph V. Melillo, “Pina Bausch, German Choreographer, Dies at 68”, in New York Times

Origin of tanztheater

From German Tanztheater (literally “dance theatre”).

Questions about tanztheater

What does tanztheater mean?
Tanztheater means a form of German expressionist dance.
What part of speech is tanztheater?
Tanztheater is a noun.

Words near tanztheater in the dictionary

  1. tanzibs
  2. tanzies
  3. Tanzimat
  4. Tanzini
  5. Tanzis
  6. tanztheater
  7. tanzy
  8. tao
  9. tao tai
  10. tao tais
  11. Tao Te Ching

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