Jean Lenihan is an award-winning arts writer: hailing from NYC, formerly a staff critic at the Seattle Times, now freelance in Los Angeles. Her recent essays on dance and more — for the LA Times, the Orange County Register, KCET’s Artbound, and others — are aggregated on her blog, freshpencil, on the Artsjournal website.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES

Romancing a High-Low Split: John Haskell’s “The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts”
When was the last time you heard someone say Balanchine's name? Jean Lenihan reviews "The Complete Ballet: A Fictional Essay in Five Acts."...

The Woman Inside
Sari Wilson’s debut novel "Girl Through Glass" is set in the ballet world of 1970s New York aestheticism....
