Upping the ante on dance coverage and conversation

Help thINKingDANCE celebrate 13 years and make an End Of Year Contribution!

thINKingDANCE is athINKingDANCE is registered with the PA Bureau of Charitable Organizations and is an IRS 501(c)3 tax exempt organization and, as such, your contribution is tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

» Back to Who We Are

Carolyn Merritt



  Carolyn holds a PhD in anthropology from Temple University and a BA in French and Spanish from Trinity College (CT), and she is currently Lecturer in Anthropology at Bryn Mawr College. Carolyn has a long background in ballet and modern dance, and she became hooked when she discovered Argentine tango in 2002.  Her love of tango brought her to Argentina several times, culminating in a two-year stint in Buenos Aires from 2005-7, and her first book, Tango Nuevo (University Press of Florida, 2012), part memoir and part ethnographic study of contemporary tango.  Carolyn is also a dessert fiend and amateur baker.  You can find her desserts each Wednesday at the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School práctica.