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Amy Bowring (Hon. BA Fine Arts Studies, York University; MA Journalism, University of Western Ontario) is the Executive & Curatorial Director at Dance Collection Danse and teaches dance history at Ryerson University’s School of Performance. She is one of Canada’s foremost advocates for the study and preservation of Canada’s dance heritage. Amy has published numerous articles on dance history and has curated several live and virtual exhibitions. She is the editor of Down to Bowring’s: A Memoir written by her grandfather, Derrick Bowring (Creative Book Publishers, 2015) and her book Navigating Home: Artists of the NL Dance Project was published in 2019.
Active Research Interests
theatrical dance history in Newfoundland & Labrador
WWI patriotic performances in NL
postmodern dance in St. John's
Past Research Interests
Canadian Ballet Festivals 1948-1954
Alison Sutcliffe and Toronto's dance scene in the 1930s
James Kudelka's contemporary ballet choreography
Nancy Lima Dent's contribution to the development of modern dance in Toronto
Gweneth Lloyd's development of the dance program at the Banff School of Fine Arts
Pioneering women of the Royal Academy of Dance in Canada
The dual histories of Les Feux-Follets in Montréal and Charlottetown
Alan and Blanche Lund's contribution to cultural nationalism
Emerging Research Interests
Indigenous dance preservation policy
Expertise
theatrical dance history
dance archives