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Dancer and costume designer Marion Cito dies

The long-time costume designer and dancer of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Marion Cito, is dead. She died on Saturday at the age of 85 in Wuppertal, as the Tanztheater announced on Sunday evening. Bausch had brought Cito to Wuppertal in 1976 as an assistant and dancer. At Pina Bausch's...

The Schauspielhaus in Wuppertal. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de
The Schauspielhaus in Wuppertal. Photo.aussiedlerbote.de

Culture - Dancer and costume designer Marion Cito dies

The long-time costume designer and dancer of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, Marion Cito, is dead. She died on Saturday at the age of 85 in Wuppertal, as the Tanztheater announced on Sunday evening. Bausch had brought Cito to Wuppertal in 1976 as an assistant and dancer. At Pina Bausch's request, she took over the design of the costumes from 1980. She retired in 2016.

For 29 years until Pina Bausch's death in 2009, Cito had ensured the unmistakable and varied appearance of the Tanztheater, explained dance expert Norbert Servos in an obituary published by the Tanztheater. Again and again, she varied the delicate balance between everyday closeness and elegance and made the Tanztheater appear colorful and sensually rich. "She made a significant contribution to the fact that, despite its closeness to reality, dance theater was always surrounded by a sensual glow," said Servos.

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