Janet Lilly

Janet Lilly
Chair of the UNCG Department of Dance
In office
2011 – present
Preceded by Jan Van Dyke
Chair of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee's Department of Dance
In office
2005–2009
Personal details
Born (1957-08-15) August 15, 1957
Alma mater New York University
University of Michigan
Occupation dancer, choreographer, yogi, professor

Janet Lilly (born August 15, 1957) is an American modern dancer and choreographer.[1][2] She was a principal dancer for Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane's company from 1983-1991.[3] She currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and as the president of the Board of Directors of Iyengar Yoga National United States Association.[4][5]

Early life

Lilly grew up in Iowa City, Iowa and graduated from University High School in 1975.

Dance

Lilly graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance. She was a principal dancer with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company from 1983 until 1991.[6][7][8] She also worked as a master teacher, rehearsal director, and choreographic assistant for the company.[9] She went on to attend the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre & Dance for her graduate degree, graduating summa cum laude in 1992.[10] Lilly taught at the Peck School of Art's Department of Dance at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee for fifteen years and served as the Dance Department Chair from 2005 to 2009. In 2011 she joined the faculty of the UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as the Dance Department Chair.[11][12]

Awards

Yoga

Lilly began studying Iyengar Yoga in 1992 while a student in graduate school, where she studied with Laurie Blakeney at the Ann Arbor School of Yoga in Michigan. She has been teaching since 1995. She has studied at the Iyengar Institute in Pune, India under B. K. S. Iyengar six times.[13] She was granted a four-month residency at the University of Pune. She is the current president of the Iyengar National United States Association.[14][15] She teaches yoga at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and at Triad Yoga in Greensboro.[16]

References

  1. ↑ Repertory - Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts. "Attakkalari Repertory Company". attakkalarirepertory.blogspot.com.
  2. ↑ http://north-carolina-employees.findthedata.com/l/134451/Janet-Lilly
  3. ↑ "Janet Lilly - CrossCurrents". wordpress.com.
  4. ↑ "Letter from the President". iynaus.org.
  5. ↑ ABC News. "B.K.S. Iyengar's Influence on US Yoga Studios Flows On". ABC News.
  6. ↑ "Bill T. Jones Choreographs An Anguished Tribute to His Late Partner, a Victim of AIDS". people.com.
  7. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1988/05/15/arts/review-dance-bill-t-jones-arnie-zane-company.html
  8. ↑ https://pittsburghcrosscurrents.wordpress.com/tag/janet-lilly/
  9. ↑ http://www.newyorklivearts.org/download/engage-licensing-baldwin-on-DMan.pdf
  10. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=b0sJAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA15&lpg=RA1-PA15&dq=janet+lilly+husband&source=bl&ots=_gLnMPd8pT&sig=OM3Kp5UOVtkuNFynYC-2A8MmVFk&hl=en&sa=X&ei=SJZkVZORINCkyASnpIPIBQ&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBzgU#v=onepage&q=janet%20lilly&f=false
  11. ↑ "Faculty - UNCG School of Music, Theatre and Dance". uncg.edu.
  12. ↑ "Janet Lilly". umich.edu.
  13. ↑ "Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar". iynaus.org.
  14. ↑ "Class Instructors". triadyoga.com.
  15. ↑ "BKS Iyengar health update: Yoga guru put on kidney dialysis". The Confluence Countdown.
  16. ↑ https://www.triadyoga.com/instructors.asp
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