Elizabeth Kendall (historian)

Elizabeth Kendall
Born (1947-04-07) April 7, 1947 (age 77)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupations
  • Academic
  • television writer
  • journalist
AwardsGuggenheim Fellow (1981)
Academic background
Alma mater
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-discipline
  • Dance history
  • film studies
  • early-20th century Russian culture
InstitutionsThe New School

Elizabeth Bemis Kendall (born April 7, 1947) is an American academic, television writer, and journalist. After working as a writer for the PBS show Great Performances and an editor for Ballet Review, she published several books – particularly Where She Danced (1979), The Runaway Bride: Hollywood Romantic Comedy of the 1930s (1992), and Balanchine and the Lost Muse (2013) – mostly focusing on dance history. She is Associate Professor of Liberal Studies and Literary Studies at The New School.[1]

  1. ^ "Elizabeth Kendall". The New School for Social Research. Retrieved July 30, 2024.