Wendy Perron is an American dancer, choreographer, and teacher who was the editor-in-chief of ''

Dance Magazine ''Dance Magazine'' is an American trade publication for dance published by the Macfadden Communications Group. It was first published in June 1927 as ''The American Dancer''. ''Dance Magazine'' has multiple sister publications, including ''Pointe' ...

'' from 2004 to 2013. She is the author of ''Through the Eyes of a Dancer, Selected Writings'', published by

Wesleyan University Press Wesleyan University Press is a university press that is part of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The press is currently directed by Suzanna Tamminen, a published poet and essayist. History and overview Founded (in its present for ...

in November 2013.

Biography

Perron graduated from

Bennington College Bennington College is a private liberal arts college in Bennington, Vermont. Founded in 1932 as a women's college, it became co-educational in 1969. It claims to be the first college to include visual and performing arts as an equal partner in ...

in 1969. She began her career in New York as a freelance dancer/choreographer at Dance Theater Workshop. She danced with the

Trisha Brown Dance Company Trisha is a unisex given name, usually derived from the female Latin given name Patricia. Notable people and characters with the name include: People * Trisha (actress), Indian film actress Trisha Krishnan (born 1983) *Trisha Baptie (born 1973) ...

(1975–78) and participated in one of

Twyla Tharp Twyla Tharp (; born July 1, 1941) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music. Fr ...

's "farm clubs." Perron later noted: "From Trisha and Twyla, I learned you can use any kind of strange, jagged, weird movements and make a piece flow." Perron has taught dance at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

NYU New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-United States Secretary of the Treasu ...

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, and

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. She also led the Wendy Perron Dance Company from 1983 to 1994 and was a Senior Fellow of The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at

The New School The New School is a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. ...

. From 1992 to 1994 she was associate director of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. She earned a master's degree from

Empire State College Empire State College (SUNY Empire or ESC) is a public university headquartered in Saratoga Springs, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Empire State College is a multi-site institution offering associate, ...

in 2000. Perron has written for ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Ballet Review'', and the ''

Dance Research Journal Congress on Research in Dance was a professional organization for dance historians in the United States and worldwide that was founded in 1964 and then merged in 2017 with the Society of Dance History Scholars to form the Dance Studies Associati ...

''. She joined the editorial staff of ''

'' in 2000 and became its editor-in-chief in 2004. In 2013 she became editor-at-large. In April 2011, she was one of three artists inducted into New York Foundation for the Arts' inaugural Hall of Fame. In 2017 she co-curated Radical Bodies: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti and Yvonne Rainer in California and New York, 1955–1973. She co-wrote and co-edite
the book of the same title.
She currently teaches a graduate seminar at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

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