Deborah Jowitt Explained

Deborah Jowitt
Nationality:American
Occupation:Dance critic, author, choreographer
Awards:Bessie (1985)

Deborah Jowitt (born 1934) is an American dance critic, author, and choreographer. Her career in dance began as a performer and choreographer. Jowitt has received several awards for her work, including a Bessie (New York Dance and Performance Award) for her work in dance criticism.[1]

Early life

Jowitt was born in 1934,[2] hailing from California.[3]

Career

Beginning in 1967, she wrote a weekly dance column for The Village Voice, providing frequent reviews of dance performances in New York City. From some time in the 1970s until 1994, the Voice had a page and a half for dance coverage: Jowitt contributed 1600 words or a full page of this, week after week, plus occasional features. Collections of her reviews from the Voice and numerous other publications have appeared as books – Dance Beat: Selected Views and Reviews, 1967–1976[4] and The Dance in Mind: Profiles and Reviews 1976–1983.[5]

In 2007, Jowitt's column in the Village Voice was increased in length to 3/4 page, having been earlier reduced to a half-page; in 2008, her position as dance critic was converted from full-time to freelance. However, Jowitt continued to write 3/4 page reviews for the Voice until 2011.[6] [7] She was a faculty member at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.[8] [9]

Her biography of the dancer Martha Graham, Errand into the Maze, was published in 2024.[10] [11] Jowitt took the title from Graham's 1947 ballet of the same name.

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Deborah Jowitt . . 1 May 2024.
  2. Book: Theodores, Diana . First We Take Manhattan: Four American Women and the New York School of Dance Criticism . . 15 October 2013 . 1 . 9781134375783 . 1 May 2024.
  3. News: She's Been Writing About Dance for 55 Years. She's Not Done Yet. . Macaulay . Alastair . . 12 March 2019 . 1 May 2024.
  4. Book: Jowitt, Deborah. Dance Beat: Selected Views and Reviews, 1967–1976. New York. Marcel Dekker. 1977. 9780824765064.
  5. Book: Jowitt, Deborah. The Dance in Mind: Profiles and Reviews 1976–1983. Boston. David R. Godine. 1985. 9780879235345.
  6. Web site: The Village Voice Author: Deborah Jowitt. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111118143201/http://www.villagevoice.com/authors/deborah-jowitt/. 2011-11-18.
  7. News: Macaulay . Alastair . 2019-03-12 . She’s Been Writing About Dance for 55 Years. She’s Not Done Yet. . 2024-07-12 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  8. Web site: Faculty Directory: Deborah Jowitt. dead. Tisch. https://web.archive.org/web/20050121033549/http://dance.tisch.nyu.edu/object/JowittD.html. 2005-01-21.
  9. Web site: 2024-07-02 . Deborah Jowitt American Academy of Arts and Sciences . 2024-07-12 . www.amacad.org . en.
  10. Book: Jowitt, Deborah. Errand into the Maze: The Life and Works of Martha Graham. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2024. 9780374709143.
  11. News: Jacobs . Alexandra . 2024-01-28 . A New Martha Graham Biography Is a Study in Grace and Balance . 2024-07-12 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  12. Web site: de la Torre Bueno Prize awards 1973-2001 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120807010708/https://sdhs.org/bueno-prizes-1973-2001 . 7 August 2012 . 2 May 2024.
  13. Web site: What Makes A Masterpiece? Renowned Dance Critic Will Discuss at Drexel . McKechnie . Alex . . 10 September 2012 . 2 May 2024.
  14. Web site: The de la Torre Bueno Prize . DanceStudiesAssociation.org . 20 April 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226214757/https://www.dancestudiesassociation.org/awards/the-de-la-torre-bueno-prize . 26 February 2021 . 2 May 2024.

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