Steve Paxton obituary

A pivotal figure in contemporary dance, known for stripping the artform of its classical and modern techniquesIn the early 1970s a rangy Arizonan arrived in Devon as a guest teacher at Dartington College of Arts. Steve Paxton brought with him the latest developments in postmodern dance from New York, where he had been a founding member of the seminal Judson Dance Theater, and had developed a dance form called contact improvisation.On his repeat visits to the UK, especially to the Dartington danc