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Mon 05 May 2010'I'm not able for all that lepping around any more'
As she prepares her new solo show, Jean Butler discusses the legacy of Riverdance, the loneliness of choreography and why Dublin has lost its sparkle
JEAN BUTLER IS in a rehearsal studio in inner city Dublin, warming up before a run through of her new solo work, Day. Her hair is scraped back and tied up in a high ponytail. She wears black tracksuit bottoms and a long sleeved gray T-shirt. She trots around the room like a thoroughbred horse, elongating her arms as though swimming in mid-air.
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