Cornelius Carter (born Greenville, Mississippi) is a dancer, choreographer, and professor emeritus of dance.
[2] Carter won a scholarship to The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri, after high school.
His first major appointment was as the new artistic director for one of the first contemporary dance companies and schools in Reykjavik, Iceland.
[3] In 2001, Carter was named "Professor of the Year" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, the first dance teacher in over a decade to receive that honor.
He was most recently Guest Rehearsal Director for Dance Brazil 2005 Season in Bahia, Brazil, and teaches and choreographs for the Alvin Ailey Summer Intensive Program (2001–present) in New York City.