Touch the Earth 2 - Rosemary Butcher - 1987

The work was the second collaboration with composer Michael Nyman and the last collaboration with Dieter Pietsch. Premiered in the Whitechapel Gallery then under the curation of Nicholas Serota (who was later to become the director of the Tate Britain and Tate Modern), it was from the first performance a huge success with both audiences and critics subsequently touring Art Galleries throughout the U.K. Disappointingly it was poorly interpreted by BBC television in a Dance Makers film, failing to capture its special ethereal quality. The opportunity of engaging a wider audience for the work was thus lost.
Visual Artist: Heinz Dieter Pietsch
Composer: Michael Nyman
Dancers: Jonathan Burrows, Rosemary Butcher, Maedee Dupres, Dennis Greenwood, Alexander Howard, Sue MacLennan, Caroline Pegg, Helen Rowsell, Wendy Thomas

Selected performances:
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
QE Hall, South Bank Centre, London, UK
Thirty Galleries UK Tour

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