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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

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Transition and Transformation: the Art of Margie Gillis · June 9, 2013 Lecture NOFOD (Nordic Forum for Dance Research) and SDHS (Society of Dance History Scholars) Conference at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway
Organizer of Symposium: FLAMENCO ALIVE! New Research in the Vital Art of Flamenco · February 12, 2012 Lecture

Service to the Profession


Teacher/Choreographer - Technique and Performance Lab/Performances · September 2022 Other Walltown Children's Theater
Teacher - Teaching Couirses for OLLI · January 2022 Other Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Online

I have taught 5 courses for OLLI to date:
Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes 1909-29: A Revolution in the Arts
History of Modern Dance 1890-1950 - Iconoclasts and Visionaries
Dance in World Societies
Compelling Choreographers
Classical Ballet’s Journey: how art and history defined its evolution

Choreography adviser to professionals in the field · December 20, 2013 Other
Zambia, Swaziland · July 2011 Other Africa
Two Elementary School workshop sessions. : Community Service · April 2010 Other Forestview Elementary School.
Judge for the Durham School of the Arts (DSA) dance company auditions · April 2010 Other
Member, Season Grant Panel member for the Durham Arts Council · November 2008 Other
Judge for the Durham School of the Arts dance company auditions. · April 2008 Other