Jean MacColl

Jean MacColl is better known by her maiden name, Jean Newlove. After studying with the great dance and movement innovator, Rudolf Laban, she began a long association as an accomplished choreographer with the director Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop. Her marriage to the playwright and folk-singer Ewan MacColl ended soon after Kirsty was born. The author of two widely praised books, "Laban for Actors and Dancers" and "Laben for All," she lives in London.

Jean MacColl is better known by her maiden name, Jean Newlove. After studying with the great dance and movement innovator, Rudolf Laban, she began a long association as an accomplished choreographer with the director Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop. Her marriage to the playwright and folk-singer Ewan MacColl ended soon after Kirsty was born. The author of two widely praised books, "Laban for Actors and Dancers" and "Laben for All," she lives in London. See less