Video and audio recordings from the day
Minus 24, a film for Rosemary by Gaby Agis and Silvy Panet-Raymond
Saturday 17 December 2016, 12-8pm
The event offers a shared space for remembering Butcher and her work, and traces the legacies of a key British choreographer of the 20th and 21st centuries through those who connected with her at different points in her career.
It features a roundtable discussion with key dancers and other artists who worked with Butcher, including Elena Giannotti, Sue MacLennan, Lauren Potter and Cathy Lane. Further events include presentations by Ramsay Burt, Susan Melrose and Stefanie Sachsenmaier as well as works by dance artists who have been influenced by Butcher including Rahel Vonmoos, Susan Sentler, Bettina Neuhaus and Katye Coe. We are also excited to show a new film emerging out of her most recent live work The Test Pieces edited by Sam Williams, and Butcher’s film Vanishing Point.
About Rosemary Butcher
Over four decades, leading up to July 2016 when she left us, British choreographer Rosemary Butcher has made radical and innovative works that crossed the disciplines of choreography and visual arts. After returning to the UK from New York in the 1970s, Butcher often explored non-theatrical spaces – galleries, architectural and open sites – for presenting her works, and has worked with designers, film-makers and dancers, making key choreographic films including Vanishing Point and SCAN. She staged Women and Memory in 2005 at Tate Modern, signaling the interface she had forged between visual arts and dance. She is known for her collaborations with established artists, architects, designers and musicians, including Dieter Pietsch and Michael Nyman. For her choreographies Butcher worked consistently and repeatedly with established dance artists, and through her teaching in the UK and overseas, her work has influenced several generations of practitioners.
Working towards the Rosemary Butcher Archive
Butcher has left detailed and complex archives, some of which remain to be digitised and made publicly accessible. Stefanie Sachsenmaier (Middlesex University) is currently collaborating on a project to build the archive and would welcome anyone willing to share documents from working with Butcher in her capacities as choreographer and teacher to contact her directly via s.sachsenmaier@mdx.ac.uk.
Event details
Email info@independentdance.co.uk to add your name to the waiting list.
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The event is organised by Kirsty Alexander, Lauren Potter, Stefanie Sachsenmaier (Middlesex University) and Independent Dance, with support from Siobhan Davies Dance.