Perron, Wendy

Wendy Perron is a teacher, writer and choreographer. She started her career as a choreographer and dancer in New York in the early 1970s. She was a member of the Trisha Brown Company from 1975 to 1978 and danced for such choreographers as: Kenneth King, Rudy Perez, Sara Rudner, and Twyla Tharp, among others. She formed and operated the Wendy Perron Dance Company from 1983 from 1994. Since the 1970's, she has taught various aspects of dance at Princeton, NYU, City College of New York, and Rutgers. In addition, she has been a frequent lecturer on the Judson Dance Theater of the 1960s. Perron has also written about dance for The New York Times, The Village Voice, and The Soho Weekly News. Recently, she became the New York Editor of Dance Magazine, and is a Senior Fellow of the Vera List Center for Art & Politics at the New School University.

From the description of Wendy Perron's "Concepts in Performance," in the SoHo Weekly News collection, 1976-1978. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58787093

Perron wrote reviews for The Soho Weekly News and focused on a range of experimental performance practices that flourished in New York during the late 1970s. Being knowledgeable of the historical circumstances under which experimental "performance art" emerged in New York, She was among the earliest critics to write about this then new genre combining thick description and critical analysis. This collection is comprised of clippings of articles Perron wrote for The Soho Weekly News from 1976-1978.

From the description of Wendy Perron's "Concepts in Performance," in the Soho Weekly News, 1976-1978. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477216990

Wendy Perron is a teacher, writer and choreographer. She started her career as a choreographer and dancer in New York in the early 1970s. She was member of the Trisha Brown Company from 1975 to 1978 and danced for such choreographers as: Kenneth King, Rudy Perez, Sara Rudner, Twyla Tharp, among others. She formed and operated the Wendy Perron Dance Company from 1983 from 1994. Since the 1970's, She has taught various aspects of dance at Princeton, NYU, City College of New York, and Rutgers. In addition, she has been a frequent lecturer on the Judson Dance Theater of the 1960s. Perron has also written about dance for The New York Times, The Village Voice, and The Soho Weekly News . Recently, she has become the New York Editor of Dance Magazine, and is a Senior Fellow of the Vera List Center for Art & Politics at the New School University.

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From the guide to the Wendy Perron's "Concepts in Performance, " In The Soho Weekly News (1976-78)., 1976-1978, (© 2009 Fales Library and Special Collections)