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Artists
CBA brings to the art of ballet and its related arts new ideas and the full resources of a major research university.
CBA is the first institute of its kind in a major research university. It exists to address the dual needs of innovation in both the study and practice of ballet, by uniting the two to further the advancement of both.
Scholars
CBA brings ballet into the university as a serious subject of study and research – to define it as a field in the history of culture.
CBA is the first institute of its kind in a major research university. It exists to address the dual needs of innovation in both the study and practice of ballet, by uniting the two to further the advancement of both.
Team
is the Dance Critic for The New Yorker. She is the author of Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century (2022), finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet (2010). Homans was a professional dancer before completing a PhD in Modern European History at New York University, where she is now a Global Distinguished Professor and the Founding Director of the Center for Ballet and the Arts.
is the Assistant Director of The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. She holds a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Creative Writing from New York University.
is the Program Associate at the Center for Ballet and the Arts. Before CBA, she was a freelance dancer and choreographer. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in Chinese Language from New York University.
Advisory Council
- Ulrich Baer
- Michael Beckerman
- Vishakha Desai
- Leah Dickerman
- Elizabeth Diller
- Oskar Eustis
- William Forsythe
- John Guare
- Alma Guillermoprieto
- Paul Holdengräber
- Nicholas Hytner
- Virginia Johnson
- Alonzo King
- Reynold Levy
- Lourdes Lopez
- John Mauceri
- Joseph V. Melillo
- Isaac Mizrahi
- Mark Morris
- Paul Muldoon
- Catherine Oppenheimer
- Simon Schama
- Arlene Shuler
- Ellen Sorrin
- Alistair Spalding
- Heather Watts
- Frederick Wiseman
- Larry Wolff
Supporters
The Center for Ballet and the Arts is made possible by founding and ongoing support from:
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