Dominique Mercy is a French

France

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 contemporary dancer. He has been a member, since 1974, of the Tanztheater Wuppertal company of Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch

Philippina "Pina" Bausch was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director...

 as well as a choreographer in his own right.

Biography

Dominique Mercy received his education in classical dance. After a stay in the United States, he met Pina Bausch

Pina Bausch

Philippina "Pina" Bausch was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director...

 (1940-2009) in 1972. She invited him to join her recently created contemporary dance

Contemporary dance

Contemporary dance is a genre of concert dance that employs compositional philosophy, rather than choreography, to guide unchoreographed movement...

 company in Germany

Germany

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, with which he has remained since 1974.

He co-created some of the dance corps choreography and pieces. He became one of the most famous contemporary dancer and received a Bessie Award

Bessie Awards

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 in 2002 for his performance in Masurca Fogo.

Together with Bausch's assistant Robert Sturm, he was elected unanimously by the ensemble in place of Pina Bausch in October 2009.

As interpreter

• 1974: Iphigénie en Tauride
  Iphigénie en Tauride
  Iphigénie en Tauride is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts. It was his fifth opera for the French stage. The libretto was written by Nicolas-François Guillard....
  
  
• 1975: Orfeo ed Euridice
  Orfeo ed Euridice
  Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on the myth of Orpheus, set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing...
  
  
• 1978: Café Müller
• 1980: Bandoneon
• 1983: Nelken - Carnations
• 1989: Palermo, Palermo
• 1995: Danzón
• 1997: Der Fensterputzer - The Window Cleaner
• 1998: Masurca Fogo
• 1999: Petit psaume du matin (Little morning psalm) written for Dominique Mercy by Josef Nadj.

As choreographer

• Pina Bausch
  Pina Bausch
  Philippina "Pina" Bausch was a German performer of modern dance, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director...
  
   assistant for a major part of the creations since 1974.
• 2000: Ça ira mieux demain written for Guesch Patti
  Guesch Patti
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Documentary film

• Dominique Mercy dances Pina Bausch by Régis Obadia, France, 2003, 52 min., producer: arte
  Arte
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  , video clip and Cafe Müller

External links

• Dominique Mercy's homepage, Folkwang Hochschule (German)
• Bausch works her magic in Paris, New York Times, June 17, 2005
• Hopelessly devoted to you, The Independent
  The Independent
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  , January 26, 1999