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unusual facts about Performance studies



Bantu Mwaura

Bantu undertook his PhD in Performance Studies at the New York University and also had a Masters degree in Theatre Studies from Leeds University (UK) and another Masters in African-American and African Studies from the Ohio State University (US).

Performative turn

Performance studies emerged through the work of, among others, theatre director and scholar Richard Schechner, who applied the notion of performance to human behaviour beyond the performing arts.


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Isis Nyong'o

She is the youngest of four children and siblings include Kwame Nyong'o, illustrator and animator in Kenya, Tavia Nyong'o, Associate Professor of Performance Studies at New York University, and Dr. Omondi Nyong'o, Ophthalmologist at Palo Alto Medical Foundation.

Jessica De Gouw

In 2010, she graduated from Curtin University at the age of 22, majoring in performance studies.

Matthew Spangler

Matthew Spangler's writing has been published in Theatre Journal, Text and Performance Quarterly, The James Joyce Quarterly, The New Hibernia Review, SIAR: The Journal of the Western Institute of Irish Studies, The South Atlantic Review, The Biographical Dictionary of Southern Writers, The Art of Elizabeth Bishop, and Performing the Crossroads: Critical Essays in Performance Studies and Irish Culture.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

In 1992, Ngũgĩ became a professor of Comparative Literature and Performance Studies at New York University, where he held the Erich Maria Remarque Chair.

Nyong'o

Tavia Nyong'o, Kenyan-American cultural critic, historian and performance studies scholar

Robin Gerster

He is a Professor at the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies at Monash University.

Tania Bruguera

She is the founder and director of Arte de Conducta (behavior art), the first performance studies program in Latin America, which is hosted by Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana.