Mindy Aloff

Author's Bio

I am also the editor of <em>Leaps in the Dark: Art and the World by Agnes de Mille</em> (University Press of Florida, 2011) and author of the book <em>Hippo in a Tutu: Dancing in Disney Animation</em> (Disney Editions, 2009).

Publications and Prizes

Prizes Won: 
Whiting Writers Award; Past Fellow: The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Dance Critics Institute of the American Dance Festival

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now: 
Faithful and Virtuous Night by Louise Gluck
,
The Apple Trees at Olema: New and Selected Poems by Robert Hass
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The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis & the Secrets of Walt Disney's Movie Magic by John Canemaker
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What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing by Brian Seibert
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Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance by Marshall and Jean Stearns

More Information

Listed as: 
Poet
Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Philadelphia
Raised in: 
Philadelphia, PA
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Last updated: Nov 07, 2015