Claudia La Rocco

New York Times dance critic

Claudia La Rocco is a poet, critic, and performer who works as a columnist for Artforum and writes about books and theater for The New York Times.

Education

La Rocco graduated from Bowdoin College in 2000 with a degree in English.^[1]

Career

La Rocco began her dance and theater critic career as a general arts writer for the Associated Press. Beginning in 2005, she joined The New York Times as their dance critic until 2013.^[2] She founded thePerformanceClub.org, which won a 2011 Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant^[3] and focuses on criticism as a literary art form. She teaches at the School of Visual Arts MFA Art Criticism and Writing program.^[4]

Publications

2014. The Best Most Useless Dress. Badlands Unlimited
2015. I Don't Poem: An Anthology of Painters. Off the Park Press
2015. Dancers, Buildings, People in the Streets. Danspace Project

References

^ Rizzuto, Rachel (February 28, 2015). "A Conversation with Dance Writer Claudia La Rocco". dance-teacher.com. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
^ Belmar, Sima (May 1, 2018). "In Practice: Claudia La Rocco: Distance and Intimacy". dancersgroup.org. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
^ "Arts Writers Grant Program Announces 2011 Grants". e-flux.com. December 1, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
^ "Faculty Profile for Claudia LaRocco". Degree Critical. Retrieved 16 May 2012.