Linda Shelton is presently the executive director and a trustee of The Joyce Theater Foundation, a position she has held since 1993. Prior to her current position, she served as general manager of The Joffrey Ballet. Before The Joffrey, she managed tours for the Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet Academy, Moscow Virtuosi, Sankai Juku, and several Philip Glass productions. From 1982 to 1988, she held management positions at The Twyla Tharp Dance Foundation.
Shelton began her work in the dance field as an intern at the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program. She holds a B.A. degree in Dance Education from New York University and has completed work towards her Masters in Arts Administration, also at New York University. A Dance/USA Board member for over ten years, Shelton served as chair from 2000 to 2002 and was also chair of Dance/USA’s 1996 National Roundtable.
In 1999, Shelton was appointed Chevalier of France’s Order of Arts and Letters for her contribution to furthering the arts. With her leadership, The Joyce Theater received the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Liberty Award in 2011.
Shelton has taught at Marymount Manhattan College and is currently an adjunct professor in the graduate program of Arts Administration at New York University. She has also served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project , American Masters: Dance, Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Toyota Choreography Award in Tokyo, and the Benois de le danse in Moscow.
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