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Barbara Dickinson

Professor of the Practice Emerita of Dance
Dance Program
Box 90686, Durham, NC 27708-0686
2020 Campus Drive, Suite 209, Durham, NC 27705

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 · 2018 - Present Dance Program, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published June 11, 2024
P.E., Bowling & Dance: 125 Years of Service and Community in the Ark
Published July 2, 2020
Why Dance? Barbara Dickinson on How Art Teaches About Nuances in Challenging Times
Published June 15, 2016
ADF Commands the Dance Floor Beginning Thursday

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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 Cite

Age and the dance artist

Chapter · August 18, 2010 Full text Cite
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Recent Artistic Works


This Window Makes Me Feel

Choreography April 1, 2017

Liquid Prisoner/Remembrance

Choreography March 1, 2014

Canyon Sunrise

Choreography Dance Production October 12, 2012

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Education, Training & Certifications


American University · 1978 M.A.