August 27, 2012

DANCE DOYENNE RECOVERING AFTER CRASH  

By Rebecca Fox and Allison Rudd  

Otago Daily Times, Mon 27 Aug 2012   

Shona Dunlop MacTavish, considered the mother of modern dance in New Zealand, is in a serious but stable condition in Dunedin Hospital after her car and another were in a collision on Saturday. 

She was trapped in her vehicle for about an hour after the collision at the intersection of Great King and Howe Sts about 3.30pm. A 24-year-old Invercargill man in the other car was uninjured. 

Mrs Dunlop MacTavish’s family feared the worst on Saturday night, her daughter Terry MacTavish said yesterday, but by yesterday her mother was “marvellously bright”. [More]