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Natalie Zervou is an Associate Professor in Dance at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is a faculty member in the Interdisciplinary Theater Studies Program and an Affiliate Member in the Center for Visual Culture and Performance Studies.
Zervou holds a PhD in Critical Dance Studies from the University of California, Riverside. Her work focuses on the intersection between dance practices and the socio-political sphere and particularly on the interplay between dance and crises. Her first book, Performing the Greek Crisis: Navigating National Identity in the Age of Austerity (University of Michigan Press, 2024), received the de la Torre Bueno Book Prize from the Dance Studies Association in 2025. It explores the ways that dancing bodies negotiate national identity construction in the fluctuating landscape of the (2009-2019) socio-political and economic crisis in Greece. Zervou's current research pairs Dance Studies with Horror Studies and Monster Theory to explore bodies in extreme states of crisis, such as those proposed in horror films or live performances experimenting with grotesque aesthetics. |
New Essay out March 2026!
Dancing with/the Monster: Coming of Age, Female Sexuality, and Healing through Monstrosity |
Conversation / Witness/ Experience
The Pedagogical Possibilities of Process: A Conversation About Editing and Publishing in Dance Studies |
Winner of the 2025 Dance Studies Association de la Torre Bueno Book Prize.
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