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Marion Cito, ingenious costume designer to Pina Bausch, dies aged 85

by Chris Wiegand Stage Editor

Cito, who had been a dancer herself, spent 40 years working for Tanztheater Wuppertal The costume designer Marion Cito, whose gowns, suits and occasional swimwear were integral to choreographer Pina Bausch's dance-theatre, has died at the age of 85. Her death on Saturday was announced by the company Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch. Born in Berlin in 1938, Cito began to work with Bausch in 1976 as an assistant and a…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24am on December 4, 2023