Annie Dwyer

Annie Dwyer has always been fascinated by the potential for communication through the body in motion.  She has taught dance for over 45 years and trained generations of dancers ages 4-18 in public and private schools throughout North Carolina,  During her 32-year tenure at Carolina Friends School, she shaped and facilitated a dance curriculum progressing from preschool through upper school inspiring students to have a deeper understanding of the form and many to pursue dance professionally in their own careers.  To Annie, teaching dance is an art form in and of itself. She taught her student that dance mattered, that they mattered and that what they created could make a difference.  Her career has been guided by countless mentors and shaped by her students along the way. She continues to be involved in the dance world with projects such as Moving Through and The Parkinson’s Performance Project with Culture Mill. Annie has previously received the Beverly and Laramie Hitchings Award for Service to the Art of Dance from the Durham Arts Council and the Ethel Martus Lawther Alumni Award in Dance from UNCGreensboro.