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Wendy Perron

Wendy danced with the Trisha Brown Company in the 1970s and has performed with many other NYC choreographers. Her own group, the Wendy Perron Dance Company, appeared at the Lincoln Center Festival, the Joyce, Danspace Project and other venues. The documentary Retracing Steps: American Dance Since Postmodernism profiles Perron along with choreographers like Bill T. Jones and Stephen Petronio. She has taught at Bennington, SUNY Purchase, and Princeton and has lectured on contemporary dance across the country. She has served as associate director of Jacob's Pillow, artistic adviser to the Fall for Dance Festival, and adjudicator for Youth America Grand Prix. In addition to being editor in chief of Dance Magazine from 2004 to 2013, she has written for The New York Times, The Village Voice, and publications in Europe and China. In 2011 she was inducted into the New York Foundation for the Arts Hall of Fame, and she was honored by Dancewave in 2014. Currently Wendy teaches dance history at Juilliard and a graduate seminar at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her new book, The Grand Union: Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance, 1970–1976, is about a legendary improvisation group. Her first book, Through the Eyes of a Dancer, contains essays, memoirs, and reviews spanning 40 years. (Headshot by Da Ping Luo for Juilliard.)

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Wendy Perron
Jul 15, 2020

It's Time to Overhaul the Blackface (or Blueface) Puppet in Petrouchka

Wendy Perron
Jun 17, 2020

In Memoriam: Sally Banes, A New Kind of Dance Writer (1950-2020)

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Remembering Contact Improv Co-Creator Nancy Stark Smith, 1952-2020

Wendy Perron
May 05, 2020
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Ratmansky Brings Witty Postmodern Rule-Breaking to Ballet in His New Voices

Wendy Perron
Feb 10, 2020
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Yvonne Rainer's Mattress Dance That "Went Nowhere" Is Now Getting Somewhere

Wendy Perron
Nov 13, 2019

7 Reasons to Love William Forsythe's Quiet Evening of Dance

Wendy Perron
Oct 17, 2019

Ross Parkes (1940-2019) Brought Graham Technique to China

Wendy Perron
Sep 18, 2019

Akram Khan Tackles Kung Fu for Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise

Wendy Perron
Jun 18, 2019

This Israeli Company Rehearses in An Eco Village—And Brings Its Vision of Sustainability to the U.S.

Wendy Perron
Mar 01, 2019
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Wendy Perron
Jan 11, 2019

The Judson Revolution Comes to the Museum of Modern Art

Wendy Perron
Dec 12, 2018

Ailey Celebrates 60 Years with Thrilling New Works

Whoops, We Made a Mistake at the Dance Magazine Awards

Wendy Perron
Dec 07, 2018
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Ballet Hispánico Brings A Reimagined Carmen to Harlem

Wendy Perron
Dec 05, 2018
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James Whiteside Explores His Creepy Side As Arthur Pita's Haunted Tenant

Wendy Perron
Oct 30, 2018
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The Adrenaline Rush of Twyla Tharp's Upper Room Is Coming Back to ABT

Wendy Perron
Oct 11, 2018

Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener Keep Challenging Conventions For The Joyce's Quadrille Series

Wendy Perron
Oct 02, 2018
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Boris Charmatz Brings His Mad, Myriad Motions to NYC

Wendy Perron
Sep 25, 2018
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Bill T. Jones Has A Choreographic Marathon In Store For NYC

Wendy Perron
Sep 14, 2018