Trudy Garfunkel

Trudy Garfunkel Trudy Garfunkel is the author of five books, including three on dance: ON WINGS OF JOY: THE STORY OF BALLET FROM THE 16th CENTURY TO TODAY (hardcover edition published by Little, Brown; Paperback edition published by EReads); LETTER TO THE WORLD: THE LIFE AND DANCES OF MARTHA GRAHAM (Little, Brown): and LET’S EXPLORE BALLET (Running Press). Her articles on dance and the arts have appeared in the Playbill of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, New York City Ballet’s Repertory Notes, and the Oxford Companion to United States History, in addition to www.broadwayworlddance.com. As an arts education consultant, she has written a number of student and teacher guides to classical, modern, and ethnic dance, and theater for several performing arts centers in the tri-state area. For many years she was a publicity and book publishing executive and worked on a number of dance related projects, including the 6-volume Encyclopedia of Dance and Repertory in Review.

Ms. Garfunkel lives in New York City.





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