During her time away from teaching, Carol is busy developing her research and writing, studying a movement technique called Gyrokinesis, and performing in the Older and Reckless series. Anderson is an Associate Professor in York University's Dance Department and is currently on sabbatical. She has also published 9 key Canadian dance books including Rachel Browne: Dancing Toward the Light (1999) and Unfold: A Portrait of Peggy Baker (2008). Her choreography has been televised, shown internationally, and has been nominated for three Dora Mavor Moore Awards. Anderson started her performing career with Judy Jarvis's first company she has also collaborated with Toronto Independent Dance Enterprise, and she continues to choreograph for the Canadian Children's Dance Theatre. She acted as the company's artistic director from 1985-1988 and choreographed notable works such as Windhover (1983) and Polyhymnia Muses (1988). Our interview is your introduction to the historian herself.Ĭarol Anderson was a founding member of Dancemakers in 1974 and she performed with the modern dance company for 15 years. Often veiled by computer screens, untouched by stage lights and represented only by their printed words, historians are the intangible forces that spur dance on. The interview is accompanied by a photo, giving a face to the bylines. We hope to illuminate aspects of the person, their craft, the field, and to provide insight into what inspires those who interpret our dance pasts. Welcome to DCD's “Dance Historian of the Month” – a series that features interviews with Canada's dance historians. CAROL ANDERSON - DANCE HISTORIAN OF THE MONTH, APR.
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