Joan Acocella

American journalist, dance critic and writer · United States · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1945 to 2024 · aged 78

Joan Barbara Acocella was an American dance critic and author. From 1998 to 2019, she was a dance critic for The New Yorker. She also wrote for The New York Review of Books for 33 years and authored books on dance, literature, and psychology.

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2024Died7 January 20242012Berlin PrizeAward2009Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in ReviewingAward1993Guggenheim FellowshipAward1945Born13 April 1945