Assistant Professor
Department of American and Canadian Studies
Tuesdays (13:00 - 13:45)
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2016 - Ph.D. in Drama, NIAS-Exeter split-site program, University of Exeter, UK
Thesis: "When our senses dance: Sensory-Somatic Awareness in Contemporary Approaches to Odissi Dance in India"
2011- M.A. (Distinction) in South Asian Dance Studies, The University of Roehampton, London, UK
Thesis: "A Travelling Dance: The Embodiment of Odissi in the Diaspora and Beyond"
2010 - M.A. (Distinction) in British and American Literature and Culture, English Philology, University of Silesia, Sosnowiec, Poland
Thesis: "Identities on the Move: Dance Performance as the Embodiment of Culture and Social Organisation of the Tsimshian Nation"
- sensory-somatic awareness in Indian classical dance Odissi and other performance
- multiculturalism, transculturalism, multi-ethnicity
- minority cultures', diasporas' and Canadian First Nations' performance
- body-mind relationship, somaesthetics and emotions in performance
- Indian culture and literature