IRH Mourns Sally Banes, Preeminent American Dance Scholar

Sally Banes

We are sad to report the passing of Sally Banes, a dance historian, dance critic, and teacher who was Marian Hannah Winter Professor Emerita of Theater History and Dance Studies at the UW–Madison from 1966 to 1996, A Resident Fellow at IRH from 1995 to 1996, and IRH Director from 2001 to 2002. Andrea Harris, former IRH resident fellow and current chair of the Department of Dance has created a tribute with dancer/author Wendy Perron which can be read here.

Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/arts/dance/sally-banes-dead.html