Jack Anderson (dance critic)

For the American newspaper columnist, see Jack Anderson (disambiguation).

Jack Anderson
Born	1935
Occupation	dance critic, author
Spouse(s)	George Dorris
Notable relatives	Eleanore and George W. Anderson (parents, deceased)
Notable credit(s)	The New York Times; Dancing Times and Dance (magazines); Choreography Observed and Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History (books)

Jack Anderson (born 1935) is an American dance critic and author. Since 1978, he has been a contributor of dance reviews and other articles in The New York Times. He has also written for the magazines Dancing Times (ISSN 0011-605X) and Dance.

Anderson graduated from Northwestern University and received a Master's degree in creative writing from Indiana University.

Personal

Anderson is the son of Eleanore and George W. Anderson.

Anderson and George Dorris, a dance scholar and retired professor of English, were married in Toronto in 2006. As written in their New York Times wedding announcement:

"Mr. Anderson and Mr. Dorris are the co-editors of Dance Chronicle: Studies in Dance and the Related Arts, a scholarly journal published three times a year by Routledge. They knew each other slightly at Northwestern, and met again in 1965 on the subway platform at Lincoln Center after a New York City Ballet performance. They have been together for 41 years."

Partial bibliography

Dance

Books

• Choreography Observed. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1987. ISBN 0877451729 ISBN 978-0877451723
• Ballet & Modern Dance: A Concise History. 2nd edition. Princeton: Princeton Book Company Publishers, 1992. ISBN 0871271729 ISBN 978-0871271723

Journals

• Dance Chronicle: Studies in Dance and the Related Arts, (ISSN 0147-2526)

Poetry

• Traffic: New and Selected Prose Poems. Buffalo: White Pine Press, 1998. ISBN 0898231914 ISBN 978-0898231915
• The Invention of New Jersey University of Pittsburgh Press, 1969