Obituary: Dr Alice Roughton

From: The Independent - London | Date: July 8, 1995| Author: JOHN GREGORY | Copyright information

In her penetrating obituary of Alice Roughton {29 June}, Teresa Deutsch omits to mention one notable activity of that very remarkable woman, writes John Gregory.

During the Second World War, Roughton befriended the German dancer Kurt Jooss, who before the war had been installed with his famous school and company, the Ballets Jooss, at Dartington Hall in Devon.

With the coming of war, Jooss's company was stranded while touring South America. Jooss, who had stayed in England, was i...

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