Allan Ulrich, who, by his own estimate has delivered more than 400 reviews and commentaries to Voice of Dance since he started writing for it in 2001, served as dance critic for both the San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Chronicle from 1980-2002. He has written on dance for the Financial Times (London), New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Le Monde (Paris), Dance Magazine, Playbill, Ballet News and Dance International.
He has written program notes on dance, freelances for dance publications here and abroad, has lectured to students on dance writing, has served on panels for the Dance Critics Association, of which he is a long-time member and has broadcast on dance for National Public Radio. He is a senior advising editor for Dance Magazine. He was also music critic for the San Francisco Examiner from 1987-2000, and has contributed articles on classical music for a wide variety of local, national and international publications. He lives in Oakland, California, and can be reached at allanu815@aol.com
