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Shona Dunlop MacTavish

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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,
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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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In the 1970s, Dunlop MacTavish moved to the Philippines and took a position as professor of dance at
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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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where they spent three months learning Mandarin and waiting for government permission to move to
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in 2010 as a 25-year-old, the second-youngest person ever elected as a Dunedin councillor.
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minister MacDonald MacTavish in Sydney, and married him less than three weeks later at
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and also taught ballet in local Sydney schools, including Abottsleigh Girls' School.
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In 1935, she and her family travelled to Europe, and she enrolled to study with
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in central Sydney. MacTavish, a Canadian and cousin of Canadian prime minister
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Gertrud Bodenwieser. Tänzerin, Choreographin, Pädagogin. Wien – Sydney.
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An ecstasy of purpose : the life and art of Gertrud Bodenwieser
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on 12 April 1920; her father was Francis Dunlop, a Scottish-born
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An Ecstasy of Purpose. The Life and Art of Gertrud Bodenwieser.
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Her son, Dugald MacTavish, a geohydrologist, was awarded the
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New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire
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Initially, Dunlop MacTavish taught dance at Dunedin's
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MBE
Dunedin
Terry MacTavish
Bonar Dunlop
Jocelyn Ryburn
Hubert Ryburn
John Dunlop
shonadunlopmactavish.com
MBE
Asia-Pacific
Dunedin
Presbyterian
University of Otago
Bonar Dunlop
expressionist dancer
Gertrud Bodenwieser
University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Jewish
Sydney
Bodenwieser Ballet
Scottish Free Church
St Stephen's Presbyterian Church
Mackenzie King
Yichang
Beijing
Manchuria
Taiwan
Tainan
Columba College
World Council of Churches

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