Elizabeth Kendall is a dance and culture historian, and a memoirist, based in New York City. She is the author of five books: Where She Danced; The Runaway Bride; American Daughter; Autobiography of a Wardrobe; Balanchine and the Lost Muse, and the forthcoming Two-Part Inventions: Scenes from a Friendship. She has published numerous articles in newspapers and journals and spoken at many academic conferences and public venues. Since 2010 she has been an associate professor at Lang College of New School and New School's New School for Social Research.