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BIO


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BIO


Anna Peretz Rogovoy is a choreographer, writer, and teaching artist. Anna spent ten years dancing and choreographing in New York City after earning a BA from Bennington College (VT). Her dances, called "choreography for movement purists" by The Dance Enthusiast, were presented at venues including The Flea Theater, the 92nd St Y, JACK, University Settlement, HERE Arts Center, Triskelion Arts, and Eden's Expressway, among others. She is is an MFA candidate and teaching assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, as well as the spring 2024 guest artist at Alma College (MI).

While in NYC, Anna studied at the Merce Cunningham Trust, performing Cunningham works including Trails, TV Rerun, and Inlets 2. She also performed for Mina Nishimura, was a teaching assistant for Janet Panetta's Ballet for Professional Contemporary Dancers class series, company manager for John Jasperse, Michelle Dorrance, and Damian Woetzel, and Public Relations Coordinator for Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. 

At UIUC, Anna has performed in dances by Sara Hook, Sarah Marks Mininsohn, Rebecca Nettl-Fiol, Tere O’Connor, Dr. Cynthia Oliver, and Rachel Rizzuto. Her own dances have been presented in Illinois at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (spring 2024 and 2022) and the Virginia Theater (spring 2023). Her work “In The Weeds” was selected for the Cleveland Dance Festival in fall 2023. She received the 2023 Patricia Knowles award. Anna was named to the list of “Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students” with a special Outstanding designation for fall 2021, 2022, and 2023 semesters.

“In The Weeds” by Anna Peretz Rogovoy, March 2023. photo by Natalie Fiol