This gave her access to a number of dance works in their original version – such as Vaslav Nijinsky's L'Après-midi d'un Faune.

Hutchinson Guest studied Labanotation with Sigurd Leeder at Dartington Hall in England from 1936 to 1939 and trained in modern dance and ballet.

[4] In 2021, Hutchinson Guest was appointed an honorary Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II.

[7] She spent most of her childhood growing up in England (Littlehampton, Sussex; and Spelmanten, Kent, before attending Dartington Hall in Totnes, Devon).

She spent summers in her cottage on Goose Pond, in Lee, Massachusetts enjoying activities at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.