NANCY-SMITH-Obituary

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SMITH--Nancy Stark, age 68, a writer, editor, and dancer who co-founded the contemporary dance form called Contact Improvisation, died of ovarian cancer at home in Florence, MA, on Friday, May 1, 2020. Stark Smith was born in 1952 in Brooklyn, New York, the second daughter of Lucille Stark and...

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Amidst the sorrow of our loss, we have drawn strength and comfort from your thoughtfulness. For those of you who have planted a tree, we are particularly grateful for your generosity in her memory. With sincere thanks for your friendship, kindness and support. The family of Nancy Stark Smith

Nancy was a great friend and team mate for 35 years. She will be sorely missed.

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My deepest sympathies to everyone that Nancy blessed with her time talent and wisdom. May we all work to keep her legacy alive and flowing out into the universe.

Please except my deepest sympathies to you and your family at this time of grieving

Nancy's work in contact improv - especially in the early formative years with Steve Paxton - was revelatory for me as a new dancer. Years of martial arts training gave me good proprioception but it was contact improv that showed me how to set it free. A bright light has gone out.