Influential choreographer and teacher who used improvisation in both the creation and performance of her worksWhen new Place prize for choreography was launched in 2004, the most surprising figure on its shortlist was Rosemary Butcher, then 57 years old and with nearly three decades of dance-making behind her. She was ranged alongside a much younger generation, which included the dark brooding talent of Hofesh Shecht…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:42AM on July 20, 2016