WRITING & OTHER DANCES
MEET THE AUTHOR
ALICE SIMPSON
Wednesday, June 22 at 6:00 pm
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
10 West 64th Street
New York, NY

Six lonely souls seek solace on Sunday nights in the faded grandeur of a New York dance hall. It’s 1999, and the ballroom on Union Square has seen better days. Still, in the dim light and dazzling blur of dance after dance—ordinary men and women can escape reality, with all its disappointments to search for their dreams.

An intricate character study, BALLROOM, Simpson’s debut novel,
was published when she was in her mid-seventies, by
Harper Collins, and will appeal to fans of riveting fiction.

Alice Simpson, an accomplished visual artist, taught drawing and design at FIT, the School of Visual Arts, The New School, and Otis-Parsons. She has been widely exhibited and won international acclaim for her sculpture and handcrafted artist books about dance, including Swing!, Dirty Dancing, Rumba, Urban Motion, and Tango Bar. Many of Simpson’s hand-painted books are in the Lincoln Center Library – Jerome Robbins Dance Collection.
- www.alicesimpson.com