Gretchen Alterowitz

Gretchen Alterowitz serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Dance at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she teaches across theoretical and practical domains including ballet technique, choreography, dance writing, and dance studies.

Her educational background includes an MFA in Dance from the University of Iowa.

Alterowitz's research centers on feminist, queer, and democratic approaches to dancemaking and performance, with significant contributions to contemporary ballet discourse. Her work explores:

• Intersectional identity in movement practices
• Political dimensions of choreographic processes
• Ethical frameworks in performance
• Embodied democratic theory
• Historical analysis of ballet evolution
• Queer methodologies in dance creation

She has presented choreographic works internationally including the Grachtenfestival in Amsterdam and numerous US festivals. As co-founder of the AGA Collaborative research collective, she partners with scholars from the University of New Mexico and Davidson College on transnational performance projects.

Her scholarly impact appears in leading publications including Dance Chronicle, Journal of Dance Education, Oxford Handbook on Contemporary Ballet, and Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance.