Michelle Potter is a writer, curator and historian with a doctorate in art history and dance history from the Australian National University. Michelle was inaugural Curator of Dance at the National library of Australia, 2002 - 2006, and Curator, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, New York City, 2006 - 2008. Michelle is the recipient of an International Dance Day Award (1996), two Australian Cultural Studies Awards (1998 & 2000), and two Australian Dance Awards (2001 & 2003). She also received a 2012 Scholars and Artists in Residence Fellowship at the National Film and Sound Archive to investigate the film and television commissions of Kristian Fredriksen.
... the first in-depth account of the work of one of our most acclaimed designers and one of the few books to look at the collaborative role that design has had in the performing arts in Australia andNew Zealand. -- Graeme Murphy, AO