Carol Anderson has pursued a diverse career as a dancer, choreographer, teacher, director, and dance writer. Her books include Rachel Browne: Dancing Toward the Light, Judy Jarvis Dance Artist: A Portrait, Chasing the Tale of Contemporary Dance, and This Passion: For the Love of Dance, an anthology of original Canadian dance writing that she compiled and edited. Anderson is a former artistic director of Toronto’s Dancemakers, of which she was a founding member. She was a dancer for twenty years and continues to teach and choreograph.