JOSEPHINE ANN ENDICOTT

Josephine Ann Endicott is a trained classical dancer of the Australian Ballet school and Australia Ballet company.

In 1973, she was chosen by Pina Bausch to join the Tanztheater Wuppertal as a soloist, where she danced until her last performance with the company in 2018, at the age of 69. At present she is the rehearsal director for many of the older Bausch productions, including The Rite of Spring. Her restagings of Kontakthof. With Ladies and Gentlemen over 65 with Beatrice Libonati (1999/2000) and Kontakthof. With Teenagers over 14 with Bénédicte Billiet (2009/2010) were major successes. She was responsible for several international restagings of Pina Bausch pieces, including The Rite of Spring and Orpheus und Eurydike at the Paris Opera. In 2023, she received the German Dance Award together with three other former dancers of Pina Bausch.