Candice Thompson has been working in and around live art for over two decades. She was a dancer with Milwaukee Ballet before moving into costume design, movement education and direction, personal training, editing, and arts writing.

She attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, graduated from St. Mary’s College LEAP Program, and later received an MFA in literary nonfiction from Columbia University. She has written extensively about dance for publications like Andscape, ArtsATL, The Brooklyn Rail, Dance Magazine, Fjord Review, and The New York Times in addition to being editorial director for DIYdancer, a project-based media company she co-founded.

Contact: clthomps81@gmail.com