Jack Anderson (dance critic)

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Jack Anderson
Born(1935-06-15)June 15, 1935
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedOctober 20, 2023(2023-10-20) (aged 88)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupations
  • Poet
  • dance critic
  • dance historian
Notable credit(s)The New York Times; Dancing Times and Dance Magazine (magazines); The One and Only: The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History (books)
Spouse
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(m. 2006)​

Jack Warren Anderson (June 15, 1935 – October 20, 2023) was an American poet, dance critic, and dance historian.[1] He is well known for his numerous reviews of dance performances in The New York Times and Dance Magazine as well as for his scholarly studies in dance history and for eleven volumes of poetry.

  1. ^ "Anderson, Jack" in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet, 2nd ed., by Horst Koegler (Oxford University Press, 1992.)