''Dance Magazine'' is an American

trade publication A trade magazine, also called a trade journal or trade paper (colloquially or disparagingly a trade rag), is a magazine or newspaper whose target audience is people who work in a particular trade or industry. The collective term for thi ...

for dance published by the

Macfadden Communications Group Macfadden Communications Group is a publisher of business magazines. It has a historical link with a company started in 1898 by Bernarr Macfadden that was one of the largest magazine publishers of the twentieth century. History Macfadden Pub ...

. It was first published in June 1927 as ''The American Dancer''. ''Dance Magazine'' has multiple sister publications, including ''

Pointe Pointe technique ( ) is the part of classical ballet technique that concerns ''pointe work'', in which a ballet dancer supports all body weight on the tips of fully extended feet within pointe shoes. A dancer is said to be ''en pointe'' () wh ...

'', ''Dance Spirit'', ''Dance Teacher'', ''Dance 212'', and ''DanceU101''. ''Dance Magazine'' was owned by

from 2001 to 2016 when it was sold to Frederic M. Seegal, an investment banker with the

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. Description of the collection and its provenance.

Editors

The first editor and publisher was Ruth Eleanor Howard. Sometime in the 1930s, Paul R. Milton took over as editor. In 1942, the magazine was purchased by Rudolf Orthwine. Lydia Joel became the editor in 1952. In 1970,

William Como William "Bill" Como (November 10, 1925 – January 1, 1989) was the editor-in-chief of ''Dance Magazine'' during the period of 1970–1988, when it was "the publication of record", crucial for linking many developments in dance into "a dance wor ...

replaced her, and he was the editor-in-chief until his death in 1989. Richard Philp was the editor-in-chief from 1989 to 1999. Janice Berman took over from Philip late in 1999.

Wendy Perron Wendy Perron is an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher who was the editor-in-chief of '' Dance Magazine'' from 2004 to 2013. She is the author of ''Through the Eyes of a Dancer, Selected Writings'', published by Wesleyan University Pres ...

was editor-in-chief from 2004 to 2013.

References

External links

Official Website

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held by the Dance Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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Editors

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