Ann Barzel (December 13, 1905 – February 12, 2007)[1] was an American writer, critic and lecturer on dance.
Her first Chicago dance teachers were Mark Turbyfill and Adolph Bolm.
She studied various styles of dance in Chicago, New York, London, and Paris with Michel Fokine, Alexandre Volinine, Doris Humphrey, the School of American Ballet, Vecheslav Swoboda and Nicholas Legat.
During this time, she was also making a regular career out of reviewing dance, theatre, and nightclub events in Chicago.
She was placed on the lifetime honors list by the Chicago Dance Arts Coalition in 1986, was recipient of the 1994 Vaslav Nijinsky Medal sponsored by the Polish Artists Agency in Warsaw, and was sole honoree at the 1995 "Toast" to the Cultural Center, sponsored by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs.