ABSTRACT
In 1978, one year into its existence, Limbs Dance Company performed at Victoria University in Wellington. In her review in the student magazine Salient, the veteran dance innovator Rona Bailey expressed the hope that Limbs’ accessibility and relevance meant that concert dance had at last ‘arrived’ in New Zealand culture:
We were seeing a new and fresh approach to Modern Dance. This was dance for all people, not just an elite. Modern Dance in New Zealand has not yet set down real roots. It has not reflected the real life, work and heritage in this country. Limbs have all the ingredients for doing just that. 1
