Linda Caruso-Haviland

Linda Caruso-Haviland began teaching at Bryn Mawr College in 1979 and founded the Dance Program in 1984. Prior to that, she founded the dance program at SUNY/Westchester Community College. Caruso-Haviland received her BA in dance from Adelphi University and her doctorate in the areas of dance and philosophy from Temple University. She has taught technique, theory, composition and performance at colleges and universities and has consulted in the areas of theater dance, children's dance and dance for educators. She also taught in and directed the College Seminar Program at Bryn Mawr and in 1996 received the College's Rosalyn R. Schwartz teaching award. Ms. Caruso-Haviland has performed with companies in New York and Philadelphia, principally with ZeroMoving Company, and continues to dance and choreograph. Her professional activities include panel presentations, interdisciplinary arts collaborations, choreographic consulting, scholarly research and writing, and she has co-directed projects designed to uncover and preserve the work of significant Philadelphia dance artists through video documentation and oral histories. She is an Associate Professor in Dance at Bryn Mawr College, Director of the Dance Program and Chair of the Arts Program.