Gay-Delanghe-Obituary

Gay Delanghe

Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Delanghe, Gay Age 65, died in the early hours, Tuesday, Au gust 1, after a courageous bat tle with ovarian cancer. A lead ing Michigan artist, Gay Delanghe was central to the development of modern dance in Michigan for over four decades. She was a charismatic and brilliant dancer who performed...

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For my beloved friend and sister by choice, Gay Ann Delanghe, May Her Memory Live in Eternity.

Love In Our Bond,

Nan Ruth (MacLeod) Chardoul

I used to accompany dance classes using percussion instruments, and it would have been such a great experience to accompany Ms Delanghe's classes.
I feel fortunate to have met Ms Delanghe and to have had some very enjoyable chats with her.

I used to accompany dance classes using percussion instruments, and I think about how much fun it would have been to accompany Ms Delanghe's classes.

I am so glad I was able to meet Ms Delanghe and have some very enjoyable chats with her.

As a voice major attending summer sessions at Interlochen Center for the Arts in 1974 and 1975 our required courses included beginning ballet. Honestly, it was frightening to have to take a class of which I knew very little, and had to expose myself in tights! It was our great good fortune to have Gay as our instructor for "class". For most of us, this was the very first dance class ever taken. Every week, she transformed our clunky, untrained, un coordinated, dance bodies into beautiful,...