AUTHORS: Mary O'Donnell FulkersonAt Dartington in the early 70s, Mary paved the way, along with Steve Paxton, for Dartington to become a truly international, innovative centre for experimental dance. Mary is credited with being responsible, possibly more than anyone else, for bringing the idea of what we now call somatic dance to Europe. (Somatic dance meant dance that focused more on the internal physicality of the performer, rather than the effect on the audience.
She later held a leading position at SNDO, School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam (1987-1989) and co-founded the Center for New Dance Develoment (Dutch “Centrum voor Nieuwe Dans Ontwikkeling”, CNDO) later renamed European Dance Development Center (EDDC) with Aat Hougée in Arnhem, the Netherlands. |
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