Nationality American Role Author Alma mater Dartington Hall Spouse Ivor Forbes Guest | Known for Dance notation Residence London, United Kingdom Name Ann Guest | |
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Born November 1918 (age 97) New York City Organization Language of Dance Centre, London
Dance Notation Bureau, New York Website Language of Dance Centre Education Bennington College (1940–1940), Ohio State University, Marygrove College Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada Books Choreographics, Dance Notation: The Proc, Labanotation - Or - Kinetogra, An Introduction to Motif N, The Cecchetti Legacy: A Similar People Ivor Forbes Guest, Alexander Scriabin, Ted Shawn, Giuseppina Bozzacchi | ||
Ann hutchinson guest lecture laban guild 2013 part 1
Ann Hutchinson Guest (born November 3, 1918) is an American movement and dance researcher and may be considered the preeminent world authority on dance notation, especially Labanotation. She wrote a history on the subject of dance notation, and her works have been translated into multiple languages. She is the co-founder of the Dance Notation Bureau, New York, 1940. She also founded the Language of Dance Centre (LODC) in London, England in 1967 as well as co-founding the Language of Dance Center USA in 1997.
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- Ann hutchinson guest lecture laban guild 2013 part 1
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Guest's work made possible the reconstruction of several ballets such as "Pas de Six" from La Vivandière, and L'Après-midi d'un faune by Vaslav Nijinsky.
She has received two honorary doctorates, and in 1997 received the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award from the Congress on Research in Dance (CORD). In 1998 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Dance Studies