Program Books/ROLF BORZIK

ROLF BORZIK

Original Set and Costume Design – The Rite of Spring

Rolf Borzik was born in 1944 in Posen and initially studied drawing and painting in Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Paris from 1963 to 1966, then in 1967 graphics and design at the Folkwang School in Essen. There, in 1970, he met Pina Bausch and from 1973 created sets and costumes for her in Wuppertal, making a decisive contribution to the look of dance theater. Borzik died in January 1980 at the age of 35.