Caroline Shadle (she/her), from Chicago, IL, received a BA in American Studies and English from Wesleyan University (CT) and an MA in Dance Studies from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, where she was a Dean’s Scholar. Caroline researches twentieth-century U.S. dance, with a focus on 1930s concert dance in Chicago funded by the Federal Theatre Project. Caroline has long been involved in the dance world in various capacities: as a dance practitioner in Chicago and New York and at Wesleyan; an arts administrator at institutions including The Joyce Theater, The Kennedy Center, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival; and a freelance dance writer for publications including Dance Magazine, Dance Teacher, and Fjord Review.