Overview
Barbara Dickinson is Professor of the Practice of Dance for the Duke University Dance Program where she teaches Modern Technique, Repertory, Performance, Choreography, and Dance History. She served as Dance Program Director for eighteen years, overseeing faculty growth, guiding the focus of a greatly expanded curriculum and establishing a major in dance. Barbara has created many large scale, full evening collaborative choreographic works including Walking Miracles, an original dance/theater …
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of the Practice Emerita of Dance
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2018 - Present
Dance Program,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Margie Gillis: The indelible art of an integrated artist
Journal Article Dance Chronicle · May 4, 2018 This article examines the life and work of Canadian choreographer and performer Margie Gillis, identifying her as an integrated artist and considering her work through perspectives from artists, cognitive scientists, Tibetan Buddhists, and individuals in t ... Full text Open Access CiteAge and the dance artist
Chapter · August 18, 2010 Full text CiteModern Dance in a Postmodern world: An Analysis of Federal Arts Funding and its Impact on the Field of Modern Dance by Jan Van Dyke. Reston, VA: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1992. xiv + 169 pp., photographs, bibliography. $26.95.
Journal Article Dance Research Journal · 1996 Full text CiteRecent Artistic Works
This Window Makes Me Feel
Choreography April 1, 2017Liquid Prisoner/Remembrance
Choreography March 1, 2014Canyon Sunrise
Choreography Dance Production October 12, 2012View All Artistic Works
Education, Training & Certifications
American University ·
1978
M.A.