Manion completed a B.A. and M.A. in Performance Studies from NYU Tisch, where their research and creative works probed the choreographies of logistics, as well as queer pathways for optimization. Manion’s current research project examines the history of occupational ergonomics as a choreographic practice, in the contexts of both built and simulated environments. 

Manion has presented their research and writing in a variety of venues and conferences, including the Steinhardt Educational Theatre Forum (2018), Praxis, INC (2019, 2026), the Neil Postman Graduate Conference (2019), and the University of Miami’s Modern Languages and Literature Graduate Conference (2020). 

Why PS @ NYU?

I chose the Performance Studies M.A. because I knew it would give me the most agency in my work, in navigating alternative terrain, in how I can choose to question, and in how I can collaborate and conspire with others.