Lynn Garafola

Lynn Garafola
Lynn Garafola
Born
Lynn Theresa Garafola

(1946-12-12) December 12, 1946 (age 77)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBarnard CollegeColumbia University
OccupationLinguist
Spouse
(m. 1980)
AwardsFulbright Fellowship

Lynn Theresa Garafola (born December 12, 1946) is an American dance historian, linguist, critic, curator, lecturer, and educator. A prominent researcher and writer with broad interests in the field of dance history, she is acknowledged as the leading expert on the Ballets Russes de Serge Diaghilev (1909–1929), the most influential company in twentieth-century theatrical dance.[1]

  1. ^ "Lynn Garafola, Professor of Dance," faculty profile, Barnard College website, http://dance.barnard.edu/profiles/lgarafol. Retrieved 6 November 2015.Archived 27 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine