Dorothy Hershkowitz (1945-2007).

Beloved teacher, choreographer, and dancer Dorothy Hershkowitz died of ovarian cancer in Boston in April at 62. Born in New York and educated at the University of New Hampshire, with graduate studies at NYU and Ohio University, she trained in the studios of Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Maggie Black, among others. She appeared in New York and on tour with the Merry-go-Rounders and danced with Deborah Jowitt. Hershkowitz moved to Boston in the 1970s and became an important participant in the local dance boom. From the early 1970s, she performed and created works for Dance Collective and Harvard Summer Dance Center. She taught dance at Wellesley College from 1981-2004, and recently at Boston Ballet School.