Sarah Stackhouse, a star dancer in the Limón Dance Company who became a sought-after teacher and stager of José Limón’s choreography around the world, died on Jan. 7 at her home in New Paltz, N.Y. She was 87.
The company announced the death. Her friend Diana Byer, the founder and former artistic director of New York Theater Ballet, said the cause was salivary cancer.
Mr. Limón was already one of the 20th century’s most influential choreographers when Ms. Stackhouse joined his company in 1958. Her virtuosic dance technique, natural charisma and compelling acting perfectly suited his flowing movement style and abstract narrative works, which are still performed by his company and many others around the world.
The role of Desdemona in Mr. Limón’s most famous work, “The Moor’s Pavane,” based on Shakespeare’s “Othello,” showcased her gifts. “She stepped onstage, and it was so free,” Ms. Byer said in a phone interview. “It wasn’t Sarah dancing the role; she was the role.”
Her partner in that work and many others was a fellow company member, Louis Falco. “They were one of those fabulous partnerships that come up rarely,” Ms. Byer said.
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