Kate Mattingly is an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts. She teaches graduate and undergraduate course in research methods, teaching principles, dance histories, ballet, and yoga. Her undergraduate degree in Architecture is from Princeton University, her MFA degree in Dance is from NYU, and her doctoral degree in Performance Studies with a Designated Emphasis in New Media is from University of California, Berkeley. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, The Village Voice, Dance and Pointe magazines, The Washington Post, and academic journals: Performance Research, Mapping Meaning, Dance Chronicle, Convergence, International Journal of Screendance, Dance Research Journal, and the Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice. Her monograph, Shaping Dance Canons: Criticism, Aesthetics, and Equity was shortlisted for the de la Torre Bueno First Book Award. This book analyzes how writing by critics has influenced artists’ careers and acclaim while also contributing to a racialized dance canon and whitewashed history courses. Her anthology, Antiracism in Ballet Teaching, published in 2023, provides equitable and intentionally inclusive teaching and leadership practices. Since 2023 she has been the executive editor of the academic journal Dance Chronicle.
