Memories of Valerie Taylor-Barnes

In 2007, Clive Barnes and I were brought down to Dallas by Southern Methodist University to speak on a panel about Martha Graham's “Primitive Mysteries”, which Graham star Yuriko Kikuchi had staged for the SMU Dance students…

 

By Alastair Macaulay

2019

 

1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Valerie Taylor Barnes died on Sunday 17 morning. Her bright eyes, bright smile, ready laughter, and engaging warmth of manner have been haunting me happily ever since…