Jennifer Dunning (born February 4, 1942) is a writer and critic for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

'' on the subjects of dance and

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

. She is the author of the 1985 ''But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet'', the 1996 ''

Alvin Ailey Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). He created AAADT and its affiliated Alvin Ailey American Dance Center ...

, a Life in Dance'', and the 1997 ''Great Performances: A Celebration''. Dunning was born in

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and studied dance. In 1977 she became the ballet critic for ''The New York Times''. She retired from the paper in 2008.

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