Janet Charleston (dancer)

Janet Charleston has enjoyed working for many years in dance as a performer, teacher, choreographer and rehearsal director. She danced in the companies of Lucinda Childs and Douglas Dunn, and has also worked with David Parker, Kota Yamazaki, RoseAnne Spradlin, and Stephen Koester, among others. She has assisted Dunn as rehearsal director since 2013 and continues to perform solos he made for her. A faculty member of the Cunningham Studio for 12 years, she also teaches at universities, in international programs including SEAD and El Centro Cultural Los Talleres, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Chile. She holds an MFA in Dance from the University of Illinois.