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  • Tino Sehgal

    …in Ghent, Belgium, he choreographed Twenty Minutes for the Twentieth Century (1999), in which he danced nude in tribute to ballet innovators ranging from Vaslav Nijinsky to Pina Bausch. The performances varied, and after staging the work in museum settings, Sehgal began to question the passive role of the audience.

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    …in Ghent, Belgium, he choreographed Twenty Minutes for the Twentieth Century (1999), in which he danced nude in tribute to ballet innovators ranging from Vaslav Nijinsky to Pina Bausch. The performances varied, and after staging the work in museum settings, Sehgal began to question the passive role of the audience.

    Read More