Dianne Hunt papers

Dianne Hunt, a dancer and choreographer has worked in the Washington D.C. area for more than 20 years. Along with Ron Paul, she founded the modern dance company, Upright Vertebrates in 1984. At around this same time, she also led the company Dianne Hunt and Dancers. Dianne began her dance training in Minneapolis while studying fine arts at the University of Minnesota. Her training includes classical ballet and pointe. She completed her MA in dance at GW with an oral history memoir of Erika Thimey. Since 1981, she produced her own choreography regularly in Washington and Baltimore and on tour in Minnesota, Virginia, and Massachusetts. During her career, Dianne taught at numerous institutions in the Washington area including GW and from 1981-83, Dianne was on the faculty at Shenandoah College and Conservatory teaching dance composition, history, technique, repertory and improvisation. In 2000, noted dancer, teacher and choreographer Erika Thimey, who lives in Virginia and celebrated her 90th birthday in March 2000, published A Life of Dance, A Dance of Life, an autobiography/biography written with Dianne Hunt.