Currently a PhD Candidate in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts at Texas Tech University, Anne Wharton engages with a holistic dance ecology from stage to studio, street to library, and even the occasional highway underpass. Anne has performed, choreographed, and taught dance in England, China, Trinidad & Tobago, and the USA. Conducting research across cultural anthropology, dance studies, and ethno/musicology, Anne continues to perform professionally and teach in the arts. They hold an AA in Dance from Austin Community College, a BFA in Dance from Texas State University, a BS in Mass Communication and Public Relations from Texas State University, and a MM in Musicology from Texas Tech University.

Anne's 2019 masters thesis from Texas Tech, based in their ethnochoreological fieldwork in France, Canada, and the USA, is "Entering the Bal: Strategies of Adoption in a North American Elective Folk-Dance Community."

At Balfolk in the Berkshires, they will team up with music leader Leslie Barr (fiddle) and assisting faculty to teach a range of French folk and Balfolk dances, with a particular concentration upon the rich and rewarding traditions of the bourrée trois temps, from the Auvergne and Berry.