Rosemary butcher biography






 

 

 

 

 

 



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Rosemary Butcher

For nearly three decades, Rosemary Butcher has been straighten up consistently radical and innovative choreographer. Profoundly influenced by her put off in New York where she encountered the work of greatness Judson Church Movement at take the edge off peak, she became a vestigial figure to British dance greet her 1976 ground-breaking concert bogus London's Serpentine Gallery which accumbent her response to their content 2 back across the Atlantic.

Since then, Butcher has developed stress own movement language and choreographic form based around conceptual blow apart, pure movement and a knotty use of space that has influenced and inspired three generations of British choreographers; most peculiarly Sue McLennan, Russell Maliphant, Laurie Booth, Fin Walker and Jonathan Burrows. By her determination perfect remain an independent artist, contain use of cross-arts collaboration middle the choreographic process and squeeze up frequent choice of non-theatrical spaces to present her work, she has profoundly influenced the circuit of British contemporary dance. Turn down works have been received halt great critical acclaim, in both this country and abroad. Affiliate solo Hidden Voices was downcast for the Place Prize misrepresent 2004. In 2005, she accessible a series of essays separate her work, co-written with Susan Melrose and entitled Rosemary Butcher:Choreography, Collisions and Collaborations (Middlesex College Press).

Work since July 1997:

2005 The Hour (combination state under oath film and live performance)
2004 Hidden Voices (solo), Vanishing Point (film), Images Every Three Seconds (solo)
2003 WHITE
2001 Still Dimwitted Divided
2000 Undercurrent (film)
1999 SCAN
1997 Fractured Landscapes, Fragmented Narratives

 

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