New York University, PhD Modern European History
Jennifer Homans
Distinguished Scholar in Residence
Cultural History Europe and America; History of Dance; Criticism and the arts
Jennifer Homans 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), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and among the NYT 10 Best Books of the Year. Homans was a professional dancer and performed with the Pacific Northwest Ballet before earning a BA at Columbia University and a PhD in Modern European History at New York University, where she is now a Distinguished Scholar in Residence and the Founding Director of the Center for Ballet and the Arts. https://balletcenter.nyu.edu/
Written for the New Republic (Dance Critic, 2001-2015), New York Review of Books, New York Times, among others
Books
Publications
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Agon: ‘The Acute Edge of Risk’The New York Review of Books2016
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Balanchine: Making and Being Don QuixoteThe New York Review of Books2015
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In Balanchine’s Beautiful ForestThe New York Review of Books2015
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The Unknown Young BalanchineReview of Elizabeth Kendall, “Balanchine and the Lost Muse”, The New York Review of Books2013
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The Feel of Not to Feel itThe New Republic2013
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A Woman’s PlaceReview of Hanna Rosin, “The End of Men”, New York Times Book Review2012
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The UniversalistAlonzo King, Lines Ballet, The New Republic2012
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Tony Judt: A Final VictoryNew York Review of Books2012
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Back in the USSRThe New Republic2011
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René Blum: Life of a Dance MasterReview of Judith Chazin-Bennahum, Rene Blum and the Ballets Russes, New York Times Book Review2011
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Arts CzarsReview of Solomon Volkov, Romanov Riches: Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars, New York Times Book Review2011
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Swan FakeReview of Black Swan, The New Republic2011
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Is Ballet at a Breaking Pointe?You Magazine (UK)2010
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The Cinderella ArtThe Guardian (UK)2010
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The Art of WorkFrederick Wiseman’s La Danse, The New Republic2009
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Swept AwayReview of Julie Kavanagh, “Nureyev: The Life”, The New Republic2007
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The Memory of an ArtThe New RepublicNov. & Dec., 2006
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The Little AppleReview of American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet, Carolina Ballet, James Sewell Ballet, The New RepublicSept.11 & 18, 2006
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Baby BallerinaReview of Irina Baronova, “Irina: Ballet, Life and Love”, New York Times Book Review2006
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Revolutionary MovementReview of Marcia B. Siegel, “Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance”, New York Times Book Review2006
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The Skin Tradereview of Michael, “The Sleeping Beauty Notebook”, “Birdbrain: Flight of Mind’”, “16 [R]evolutions”, The New Republic2006
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England on PointeNew Republic2005
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Swan Lake and StalinThe New Republic2005
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A Real BardReview of Christopher Wheeldon’s Shambards, The New Republic2004
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The Balanchine CoupleThe New Republic2004
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Geniuses TogetherReview of Charles M. Joseph, “Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention”, The New York Review of Books2002
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Movin’ InReview of Twyla Tharp and Susan Stroman, The New RepublicDec. 2 & 9, 2002
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Where is the Heartbeat in the Balanchine Legacy?The New York Times2002
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The Day is Past and GoneReview of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The New Republic2002
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Steps, Steps, StepsReview of American Ballet Theater, The New Republic2002
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Dancing in the DarkReview of dance after 9/11, The New Republic2001
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The Undying SwanReview of Maya Plisetskaya, “I, Maya Plisetskaya”, The New Republic2001
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Fiddler on the HoofReview of Gregg Lawrence, “Dance With Demons: The Life of Jerome Robbins”, The New RepublicJuly 9 & 16, 2001