Wendy Perron

Wendy Perron
Occupation Dancer, Choreographer, Journalist
Nationality United States
Notable work(s) Editor-in-Chief, Dance Magazine

Wendy Perron is a dancer, choreographer, teacher, and currently the editor-in-chief of Dance Magazine.

Perron graduated from Bennington College in 1969. She began her career in New York as a choreographer and dancer with the Trisha Brown Dance Company (1975 to 1978) [1][2] and studied with Twyla Tharp. Perron later noted that "From Trisha and Twyla, I learned you can use any kind of strange, jagged, weird movements and make a piece flow,"[1]

Perron has taught dance and related studies at Bennington College,[3] Princeton University, NYU, Rutgers, and City College of New York .[4] She also led the Wendy Perron Dance Company from 1983 to 1994[4] and was a Senior Fellow of The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.[5]

Perron has written for The New York Times, The Village Voice, Ballet Review, and the Dance Research Journal.[5] She joined the editorial staff of Dance Magazine in 2000 and became its editor-in-chief in 2004.[6]

In April, 2011, she was one of three artists inducted into New York Foundation for the Arts' inaugural Hall of Fame.[7]

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Notes

  1. ^ a b Gladstone, Valerie (July 13, 1997). "An Improvisatory Troupe Trips Off the Subway". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30A14FC3F5D0C708DDDAE0894DF494D81. Retrieved April 2, 2011. 
  2. ^ Perron, Wendy (July 8, 2001). "DANCE; Paying Heed To the Mysteries Of Trisha Brown". New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30E1FFC355D0C7B8CDDAE0894D9404482=. Retrieved April 2, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Rare Footage Found". Bennington College. August 7, 2007. http://www.bennington.edu/index.cfm?objectID=2925CB5E-5056-BA14-23E11FDECD1338EE. Retrieved April 2, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b "Guide to Wendy Perron's "Concepts in Performance," In The Soho Weekly News". New York University. http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/fales/perron.html. Retrieved April 2, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "VLC Fellowship Program". The New School. http://www.newschool.edu/vlc/subpage.aspx?id=15794#perron. Retrieved April 2, 2011. 
  6. ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (February 24, 2004). "Arts Briefing". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/24/arts/24ARTS.html. Retrieved April 2, 2011. 
  7. ^ "NYFA Hall of Fame". Nyfa.org. New York Foundation for the Arts. http://www.nyfa.org/level2.asp?id=182&fid=5&print=true. Retrieved 11 November 2011. 

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