2012 Alumni

Performance Studies Alumni

Our alumni are a large part of what makes Performance Studies special. They come from a wide range of academic, cultural, and artistic backgrounds and contribute their expertise across all concentrations and around the world. Click on the thumbnails below to learn more about them.

M.A. Alumni

  • Jordan Chlapecka

    Jordan Chlapecka

    Dance Ethnography; Digital Embodiment; Ritual Performance

  • Stav Palti-Negev

    Stav Palti-Negev

    Theater and Performance Art

  • Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li

    Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li

    AVANT-GARDE THEATRE/PERFORMANCE; QUEER PERFORMANCE EXISTENTIALISM AND ITS PRACTICE

  • Ethan Philbrick

    Ethan Philbrick

    RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUALITY; EMPIRE AND DECOLONIZATION; THE POLITICS OF AESTHETICS AND THE AESTHETICS OF POLITICS; POST-WORLD WAR II EXPERIMENTAL AESTHETICS; INTERDISCIPLINARITY; SPECTATORSHIP AND PARTICIPATION; MARXIST CRITIQUES OF NEOLIBERALISM; PSYCHOANALYTIC ACCOUNTS OF COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE; AFFECTS, MOODS, AND ATMOSPHERES; EXPERIMENTAL CRITICISM

  • Melanie Anastacia Van Allen

    Melanie Anastacia Van Allen

    Dance Studies, Performance Studies, Dance Ethnography, Cultural Studies

Ph.D. Alumni

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    James R. Ball III

    performance and politics; immersive aesthetics

  • Fernando Calzadilla

    Fernando Calzadilla

    SET, LIGHTS AND COSTUME DESIGNER; PLAYWRIGHT; PERFORMANCE ARTIST; FINE ARTS SCHOLAR; RASABOXES INSTRUCTOR; ACTING COACH; RITUAL, PLAY, AND PERFORMANCE THEORY; EVOLUTION AND QUANTUM THEORY

  • Sarah Kozinn

    Sarah Kozinn

    Law and Performance

  • Megan Nicely

    Megan Nicely

    CONTEMPORARY EXPERIMENTAL CHOREOGRAPHY; SOMATICS; JAPANESE BUTOH; PHILOSOPHY; CRITICAL AND AFFECTIVE THEORIES OF BODIES; PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES

  • Noémie Solomon

    Noémie Solomon

    Dance; Curation; Performance