Judith Cruickshank obituary

My friend Judith Cruickshank, who has died aged 78 from a brain tumour, had a great passion for dance and writing on it. Cruickshank was her maiden name, under which she contributed to the Times, Dance and Dancers magazine, to the Guardian as an obituarist, and to the danceviewtimes website. To other sites she contributed under her middle name, Aylmer.In everyday life, however, she was Judith Percival, having in 1972 married John Percival, dance critic of the Times and later of the Independent,