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Deborah Jowitt 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. 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 70s til 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: Views and Reviews, New York: Marcel Dekker, 1977 and The Dance in Mind: Profiles and Reviews, 1976–1983, Boston: David R. Godine, 1985. In 2007 her column in the Village Voice was increased in length to 3/4 page, having been earlier reduced to a half-page; in 2008, however, her position as dance critic was converted from full time to freelance. However, Jowitt continues to write 3/4 page reviews for the Voice and writes reviews for the (Voice on-line edition ). She is a faculty member at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University (NYU). ==Awards== * 2005, a special citation from the Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) for ''Jerome Robbins: His Life, His Theater, His Dance''. * 2001, the "Outstanding Contribution to Dance Research" award from Congress on Research in Dance (CORD). * 1988, the de la Torre Bueno Prize for the best book in the field of dance studies for ''Time and the Dancing Image''. * 1985, a special citation from the SDHS for ''The Dance in Mind''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deborah Jowitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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