Background
Dyke, Jan Ellen Van was born on April 15, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Stuart Hope and Eleonora Louise (Markham) Van Dyke.
Dyke, Jan Ellen Van was born on April 15, 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Stuart Hope and Eleonora Louise (Markham) Van Dyke.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1963; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1966; Doctor of Education, U. North Carolina, 1989.
Artistic director Jan Van Dyke & Dancers, Washington, 1972-1985, Dance Project, Inc., Washington, 1973-1980. Assistant professor dance University North Carolina, Greensboro, 1989-1994, associate professor, since 1994. Head dance department University North Carolina, since 2006.
Co-director Gamble/Van Dyke Dance Company, since 1989. Guest artist University Hawaii/Manoa, Honolulu, 1979, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1980. Guest choreographer The Washington Ballet, 1981.
Member edition board National Dance Education Organization, since 2009. Founder, artistic director North Carolina Dance Festival, since 1991.
Member Congress on Research in Dance (board directors 1995-1998), Bay Area Dance Association (board directors 1985), North Carolina Dance Alliance (board directors 1991-1994, Annual award 2001).
Married John Jenkins Gamble, June 23, 1965 (divorced May 1974). Married John Philip Robins, July 21, 1989 (divorced April 1992). Married Jerry Reubon Varner, June 17, 2006.