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Dunlop MacTavish's fascination with the diverse range of dance forms she had observed while living and touring abroad, combined with her own strong
Christian faith, led her to explore the practice of liturgical dance - the use of dance as an expression of religious belief. During the 1960s and 1970s,
312:. While there, she conducted research into the dance traditions of the indigenous people of the Philippines. She observed and documented dances performed to mark courtship and marriage, and to celebrate harvests and births and hypothesised that all indigenous dance stems from religious beliefs.
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she developed and delivered workshops and lectures on liturgical dance throughout the Asia-Pacific region, such as the East Asian
Christian Council of Youth Conference, the Federation of Theological Colleges of South East Asia and the
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included dancers escorting her casket and improvised dance by members of the congregation. She was survived by her long time artistic collaborator and friend, Louise and her three children.
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Dunlop MacTavish suffered serious injury in a crash in 2012, but continued to teach dance after her recovery. She died in
Dunedin on 18 June 2019 at the age of 99, and her funeral at
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and in 1958, she opened her own studio – New
Zealand's first modern dance studio. By 1963, she had set up a performing group, Dunedin Dance Theatre.
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in 1970. For this production, she sourced a Māori vocalist and borrowed traditional clothing from a museum. In 1998 she choreographed the opera
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and in 1938, when the Nazis invaded
Austria, the ballet was forced to leave Europe. The company toured South America then based themselves in
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Dunlop MacTavish also worked as a choreographer in New
Zealand. Her first work for the Royal New Zealand Ballet was a reconstruction of her
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and Dunlop resigned her position as a dancer to go with him. The couple left Sydney in July 1948 for
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in 2010 as a 25-year-old, the second-youngest person ever elected as a
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Her son, Dugald MacTavish, a geohydrologist, was awarded the
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198:Early life and dance career
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744:"Dancer to be missionary"
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379:2019 New Year Honours
363:Queen's Service Medal
332:1985 New Year Honours
83:Dancer, choreographer
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383:Dunedin City Council
356:Knox Church, Dunedin
340:Doctor of Literature
255:Scottish Free Church
253:In 1948, Dunlop met
223:expressionist dancer
168:shonadunlopmactavish
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42:Shona Katrine Dunlop
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635:"Language of dance"
344:University of Otago
321:Outrageous Fortune.
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227:Gertrud Bodenwieser
212:University of Otago
93:MacDonald MacTavish
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