HARTFORD, CT – March 4, 2021 –Connecticut Dance Alliance (CDA) is pleased to announce Barbara Ally as the recipient of the 2020/2021 Jill Henderson Award.
The Jill Henderson Award is given annually to acknowledge and celebrate service to the Connecticut dance community through contributions in the areas of scholarship, education, and in-kind support to the dance field. The award is named in honor of former Connecticut Dance Alliance board president and Distinguished Achievement in Dance award recipient Jill Henderson, who spearheaded the Alliance’s Dance History Project.
Barbara Ally is presently an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford’s Hartt School in the Dance and Music Industry Divisions, and is an independent consultant specializing in nonprofit management. Prior positions have included Director for Programs and Events at Wesleyan University’s Center for the Arts, Executive Director of the historic Cheney Hall Theater, Artists Collective Inc’s development and marketing coordinator, and Executive Director of WORKS Contemporary Dance. Ms. Ally has served on the Connecticut Dance Alliance Board of Directors, Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz Producing Board, National Dance Presenters Leadership Forum, and as a mentor for National Dance Project’s Dance Lab and a Connecticut State Peer Advisor.