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

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'' on the subjects of

dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

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, 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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunning, Jennifer 1942 births Living people American dance critics The New York Times journalists Bessie Award winners American women journalists American women critics 21st-century American women