Scholarship
Photograph by Hannah Schwadron
Research:
PhD in Critical Dance Studies (2015) University of California, Riverside
Dissertation title: The Greek Body in Crisis: Contemporary Dance as a Site of Negotiating and Restructuring National Identity in the Era of Precarity
MA in Dance: Cultures, Histories, and Practices (2009) University of Surrey
Dissertation title: German Expressionist Dance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Modifying Dance Forms and Embodying the National Socialist Aesthetic
* Annual Janet Lansdale Award for the most outstanding MA Dissertation (2009)
PhD in Critical Dance Studies (2015) University of California, Riverside
Dissertation title: The Greek Body in Crisis: Contemporary Dance as a Site of Negotiating and Restructuring National Identity in the Era of Precarity
MA in Dance: Cultures, Histories, and Practices (2009) University of Surrey
Dissertation title: German Expressionist Dance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Modifying Dance Forms and Embodying the National Socialist Aesthetic
* Annual Janet Lansdale Award for the most outstanding MA Dissertation (2009)
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Publications:
2019
Emerging Frameworks for Engaging Precarity and "Otherness" in Greek Contemporary Dance Performances. Dance Research Journal - Volume 51, Issue 1. Special Issue: Work With(Out) Boundaries: Precarity and Dance. April 2019 (p. 20-31)
Appropriations of Hellenism: A Reconsideration of Early Twentieth-Century American Physical Culture Practices. in Savrami, Katia (ed.) 2019. Dancing Dialogues: A Collection of Articles from CHOROS International Dance Journal (2012 - 2018) Volume I. Athens: DIAN Publishers (Republication in Print)
2017
Fragments of the European Refugee Crisis: Performing Displacement and the Re-Shaping of Greek Identity. TDR (The Drama Review, Summer 2017)
Moving in Solidarity: Thinking Through the Physicality of Recent Protests. The Dancer-Citizen – Issue 4, Spring 2017. Co-authored with Meghan Quinlan
Rethinking Fragile Landscapes: Performance and the Aesthetics of Precarity on Athenian Stages During the Greek Crisis. Research in Drama Education, Special Issue: 22.1: Precariousness
2015
"Bodies of Silence and Resilience: Writing Marginality". CORD Conference Proceedings, Volume 2015
2019
Emerging Frameworks for Engaging Precarity and "Otherness" in Greek Contemporary Dance Performances. Dance Research Journal - Volume 51, Issue 1. Special Issue: Work With(Out) Boundaries: Precarity and Dance. April 2019 (p. 20-31)
Appropriations of Hellenism: A Reconsideration of Early Twentieth-Century American Physical Culture Practices. in Savrami, Katia (ed.) 2019. Dancing Dialogues: A Collection of Articles from CHOROS International Dance Journal (2012 - 2018) Volume I. Athens: DIAN Publishers (Republication in Print)
2017
Fragments of the European Refugee Crisis: Performing Displacement and the Re-Shaping of Greek Identity. TDR (The Drama Review, Summer 2017)
Moving in Solidarity: Thinking Through the Physicality of Recent Protests. The Dancer-Citizen – Issue 4, Spring 2017. Co-authored with Meghan Quinlan
Rethinking Fragile Landscapes: Performance and the Aesthetics of Precarity on Athenian Stages During the Greek Crisis. Research in Drama Education, Special Issue: 22.1: Precariousness
2015
"Bodies of Silence and Resilience: Writing Marginality". CORD Conference Proceedings, Volume 2015
2014
“Appropriations of Hellenism: A Reconsideration of Early Twentieth-Century American Physical Culture Practices”, CHOROS International Dance Journal, 3 (Spring 2014), pp. 50–68.
“Appropriations of Hellenism: A Reconsideration of Early Twentieth-Century American Physical Culture Practices”, CHOROS International Dance Journal, 3 (Spring 2014), pp. 50–68.
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Invited Talks:
September 2018
Performing the Greek Crisis: Choreographing National Identity in the Age of Austerity.
International Learning Community (ILC) University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
July 2018
Choreographing Greek Identity in the 20th Century: Orientalism and Romiosyni in the Development of Folk and Contemporary Dance in Greece.
Center for Asia Minor Studies, Athens, Greece.
March 2017
What's Left: Stories of Movement and Migration
Performance and Discussion in collaboration with Priya Srinivasan and Hannah Schwadron. Stanford Colloquium on Dance Studies.
March 2016
Art Making in between Indigeneity and Migration
Performative paper presentation in Collaboration with Priya Srinivasan
Moving Matters Traveling Workshop. Center for Ideas and Society,
University of California, Riverside, USA
September 2018
Performing the Greek Crisis: Choreographing National Identity in the Age of Austerity.
International Learning Community (ILC) University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
July 2018
Choreographing Greek Identity in the 20th Century: Orientalism and Romiosyni in the Development of Folk and Contemporary Dance in Greece.
Center for Asia Minor Studies, Athens, Greece.
March 2017
What's Left: Stories of Movement and Migration
Performance and Discussion in collaboration with Priya Srinivasan and Hannah Schwadron. Stanford Colloquium on Dance Studies.
March 2016
Art Making in between Indigeneity and Migration
Performative paper presentation in Collaboration with Priya Srinivasan
Moving Matters Traveling Workshop. Center for Ideas and Society,
University of California, Riverside, USA
June 2015
The State of Dance Studies in Greece.
Opening keynote plenary CORD/SDHS (Congress of Research in Dance / Society of Dance History Scholars) annual conference. Athens, Greece
November 2014
Balancing “On the Seesaw”: Performing Greekness during the crisis.
Department of Dance Colloquium – New Research in Dance Studies. University of California, Riverside, USA
The State of Dance Studies in Greece.
Opening keynote plenary CORD/SDHS (Congress of Research in Dance / Society of Dance History Scholars) annual conference. Athens, Greece
November 2014
Balancing “On the Seesaw”: Performing Greekness during the crisis.
Department of Dance Colloquium – New Research in Dance Studies. University of California, Riverside, USA
Conference Papers (selected):
July 2018
Improvisation as a Tool for Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Engaging Refugee Experiences Through Dance. Dance Days Chania Festival. Crete, Greece
March 2018
Made in (Dis)Place(ment): Arts and Sciences of Migration. CES (Council for European Studies) annual conference. Columbia University, Chicago IL, USA
November 2017
The Greek Body in Crisis: Negotiating National Identity and History Through Contemporary Dance. MGSA (Modern Greek Studies Association) Symposium. 2-5 November, Atlantic City.
October 2017
Local Confines and Digital Freedom: The International Circulations of Refugee Bodies. CORD/SDHS Conference. 19-22 October, Ohio State University.
November 2016
Questioning the Colonialist Power Dynamics of Immigrant Performances in Greece. Conference Paper Presentation. CORD/SDHS 2016 Conference in Pomona College, CA, USA
September 2015
From Public Protests to Staging the Public. ASAP/7 Arts and the Public. Clemson University Greenville S.C., USA
April 2015
Tra/Re-versing Borders: Immigrant Performances as a Site of Advocacy.
Dance Under Construction (DUC) Graduate Student Conference. University of California, Riverside, USA
November 2014
Bodies of Silence and Resilience: Writing Marginality.
CORD/SDHS (Congress of Research in Dance / Society of Dance History Scholars) annual conference. Dancing Writing / Writing Dancing: University of Iowa, USA
June 2014
The Greek Body in Crisis: From the Protests to the Contemporary Dance Stages.
ATINER (Athens Institute of Education and Research) Conference on Visual and Performing Arts. Athens, Greece
April 2012
Imaginings of ‘Home’: A rediscovery of Greece through Folk Dance.
Dance Under Construction (DUC) Graduate Student Conference. University of
California, Riverside, USA
July 2010
German Expressionist Dance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Modifying Dance Forms and embodying the National Socialist Aesthetic.
Arts as Cultural Diplomacy: A Forum for Young Leaders, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD). Berlin, Germany
July 2018
Improvisation as a Tool for Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Engaging Refugee Experiences Through Dance. Dance Days Chania Festival. Crete, Greece
March 2018
Made in (Dis)Place(ment): Arts and Sciences of Migration. CES (Council for European Studies) annual conference. Columbia University, Chicago IL, USA
November 2017
The Greek Body in Crisis: Negotiating National Identity and History Through Contemporary Dance. MGSA (Modern Greek Studies Association) Symposium. 2-5 November, Atlantic City.
October 2017
Local Confines and Digital Freedom: The International Circulations of Refugee Bodies. CORD/SDHS Conference. 19-22 October, Ohio State University.
November 2016
Questioning the Colonialist Power Dynamics of Immigrant Performances in Greece. Conference Paper Presentation. CORD/SDHS 2016 Conference in Pomona College, CA, USA
September 2015
From Public Protests to Staging the Public. ASAP/7 Arts and the Public. Clemson University Greenville S.C., USA
April 2015
Tra/Re-versing Borders: Immigrant Performances as a Site of Advocacy.
Dance Under Construction (DUC) Graduate Student Conference. University of California, Riverside, USA
November 2014
Bodies of Silence and Resilience: Writing Marginality.
CORD/SDHS (Congress of Research in Dance / Society of Dance History Scholars) annual conference. Dancing Writing / Writing Dancing: University of Iowa, USA
June 2014
The Greek Body in Crisis: From the Protests to the Contemporary Dance Stages.
ATINER (Athens Institute of Education and Research) Conference on Visual and Performing Arts. Athens, Greece
April 2012
Imaginings of ‘Home’: A rediscovery of Greece through Folk Dance.
Dance Under Construction (DUC) Graduate Student Conference. University of
California, Riverside, USA
July 2010
German Expressionist Dance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics: Modifying Dance Forms and embodying the National Socialist Aesthetic.
Arts as Cultural Diplomacy: A Forum for Young Leaders, Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD). Berlin, Germany