Jennifer Homans is a former professional dancer trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, the American Ballet Theater School, and the School of American Ballet. She performed with the Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet, the San Francisco Ballet and the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Currently the dance critic for The New Republic, she has also published with The New York Times, The International Herald Tribune, The New York Review of Books and The Australian. She holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a PhD in Modern European History from New York University. She is presently a Distinguished Scholar in Residence at New York University. "
