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Dominique Mercy

Dominique Mercy (born 1950) is a French contemporary dancer and choreographer. He was a long-time member of the Tanztheater Wuppertal company of Pina Bausch , and was co-artisti...

Dominique Mercy (born 1950) is a French contemporary dancer and choreographer. He was a long-time member of the Tanztheater Wuppertal company of Pina Bausch, and was co-artistic director of the company following Bausch's death in 2009 to 2013.

Biography

Mercy was born in 1950 in Mauzac, France. He started dancing when he was six years old and received his education in classical dance.[1]

In 1965, he began dancing with the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, and in 1968 he joined the Ballet Théâtre Contemporain.[1][2]

At the 1972 Saratoga Summer Festival, Mercy met Pina Bausch who was working with the Sanasardo Dance Company. Bausch invited him to join her new company in Germany, Tanztheater Wuppertal, in 1973[3]. Though he left the company twice in, in 1975 and 1978, founding the company Le Main in Paris with Malou Airaudo, Héléna Pikon, Jacques Patarozzi, and Dana Sapiro in 1975, and to work with Carolyn Carlson, he returned and was a member of the Tanztheater until 2018.[1]

Mercy performed lead roles and was a soloist in many of Bausch's works, including Orfeo ed Euridice and Iphigénie en Tauride[1][4]

Together with Bausch's assistant Robert Sturm, he was elected unanimously by the ensemble in place of Pina Bausch in October 2009, serving for four years.[5]

Mercy taught at Folkwang University of the Arts from 1988 to 2009.[1]

Personal life

Mercy had a daughter with Airaudo, Thusnelda Mercy (born 1977), who is also a dancer with Tanztheater Wuppertal.[6]

Awards and Honors

Major choreographies

As interpreter

Como coreógrafo

  • Pina Bausch ha sido asistente en gran parte de las creaciones desde 1974.
  • 2000: Ça ira mieux demain escrito para Guesch Patti

Película documental

  • Dominique Mercy baila Pina Bausch de Régis Obadia, Francia, 2003, 52 min., productor [ 10 ] [ 11 ]

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Norbert, Servos. "Dominique Mercy" . Fundación Pina Bausch . Traducido por Morris, Steph . Recuperado el 14 de diciembre de 2025 .
  2. Kisselgoff, Anna (10 de noviembre de 1972). "Danza: Ballet Theatre Contemporain" . The New York Times . Consultado el 14 de diciembre de 2025 .
  3. Meisner, Nadine (26 de enero de 1999). "Artes: Desesperadamente dedicadas a ti" . The Independent . Consultado el 14 de diciembre de 2025 .
  4. Alan Riding: Bausch hace magia en París , The New York Times , 17 de junio de 2005
  5. Se nombran los sucesores del fallecido legendario bailarín alemán Bausch , AFP , 12 de octubre de 2009
  6. ^ Soergel, Tabea (5 de abril de 2012). ""El baile y la vida"« Deutschlandfunk Kultur (en alemán) . Consultado el 14 de diciembre de 2025 .
  7. "Archivo de premios – Los Bessies" . Consultado el 14 de diciembre de 2025 .
  8. ^ "Nominación en el orden de las Artes y las Letras - été 2022 Ministère de la Culture" . www.culture.gouv.fr (en francés). Archivado desde el original el 3 de agosto de 2025 . Consultado el 14 de diciembre de 2025 .
  9. ^ Vieru, Mihaela (27 de abril de 2023). "Deutscher Tanzpreis 2023" . Revista Baila para Ti (en alemán) . Consultado el 14 de diciembre de 2025 .
  10. arte , videoclip
  11. Café Müller Archivado el 9 de diciembre de 2009 en Wayback Machine
  • Fundación Pina Bausch: Dominique Mercy
  • Perdidamente enamorado de ti , The Independent , 26 de enero de 1999
  • Dominique Mercy en IMDb