Jeanne Robinson
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Jeanne Robinson (March 30, 1948 – May 30, 2010) was an American-born Canadian dancer, choreographer, teacher[1] and co-author of three award-winning science fiction novels, The Stardance Saga.[2][3] Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she married fellow author Spider Robinson in 1975.
Robinson studied dance at the Boston Conservatory, and at the Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and Erick Hawkins schools. She performed with the Beverly Brown Dance Ensemble in New York and served as the artistic director of Halifax's Nova Dance Theatre, where she choreographed more than thirty original works.[1]
She was diagnosed with biliary tract cancer in February 2009 and began undergoing numerous treatments. She died on May 30, 2010.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Jeanne Robinson", Capricon 30: Celebration! Program Book: 6, 2010
- ^ "Zero-gravity dance is a go; Dancer-choreographer Jeanne Robinson will realize a decades-old dream by staging a zero-G dance with the stars on Sunday". Montreal Gazette. December 27, 2007. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=dabc159d-a2c7-47a5-9aab-cee580604217.
- ^ Bear, Greg (May 7, 1978). "Nebula Awards give solid gains to science-fiction authors". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/649754342.html?dids=649754342:649754342&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+07%2C+1978&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Nebula+Awards+give+solid+gains+to+science-fiction+authors&pqatl=google.
- ^ Kowal, Mary Robinette (2010-05-31). "RIP: Jeanne Robinson 1948–2010". SFWA. http://www.sfwa.org/2010/05/rip-jeanne-robinson-1948-2010/. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
[edit] External links
- Official Jeanne Robinson Page
- Stardance official movie website
- Stardance Blog
- Team Robinson
- Jeanne Robinson at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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