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Ann Hutchinson Guest, May 2009
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Born |
New York City, New York, U.S. |
November 3, 1918
Residence | London |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Dartington Hall |
Organization |
Language of Dance Centre, London |
Known for | Dance notation |
Spouse(s) | Ivor Forbes Guest |
Website | Language of Dance Centre |
Language of Dance Centre, London
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.
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