Syllabi for the Future: A Playlist

Felipe Cervera has recently completed a PhD in Theatre Studies at the National University of Singapore. His work investigates the intersections of performance research and extraterrestrial exploration. His essays have appeared in Theatre Research International, Performance Research, Performance Philosophy, and Investigación Teatral. He has been a theatre maker since 1998.

Shawn Chua is a researcher and artist based in Singapore, where he is engaged with the archives at The Necessary Stage. He holds an MA in Performance Studies from Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and is a recipient of the National Arts Council’s Arts Scholarship (Postgraduate).

João Florêncio is a lecturer in History of Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Culture at the University of Exeter. His interdisciplinary research navigates the intersections of visual culture and performance studies with queer theory and philosophy, in an attempt to think inhuman forms of embodiment, desire, ethics and community.

Eero Laine is an assistant professor at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Eero is co-editor of the volume Performance and Professional Wrestling (Routledge 2017) as well as an editor of the journal Lateral (csalateral.org).

Evelyn Wan is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON) at Utrecht University under the support of R. C. Lee Centenary Scholarship from her hometown, Hong Kong. Her current research is situated between media and performance studies, and looks into biopolitics in the age of algorithmic culture.

Katherine Brewer Ball is Visiting Assistant Professor of Performance Studies at Wesleyan University, where she previously held the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her current book project, The Only Way Out Is In: The Queer & Minoritarian Performance of Escape, traces contemporary Black, Latina/o and queer performances that break from the language of freedom to theorize escape.

Alice Colquhoun is a writer, performer and PhD candidate at the University of Roehampton. Alice is interested in making work that challenges the absurdities of the contemporary social sphere, developing material that is socially engaged and rejuvenating to the human spirit.

Augusto Corrieri is a UK-based performance maker and writer. He works on areas of ecology, conceptual and performance art, and sleight-of-hand magic. He lectures in Theatre and Performance at the University of Sussex.

Rayya El Zein is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication in the Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania. Her research concerns performance, popular culture, media, and audiences in urban Arab contexts. She is writing a book about the development of Arabic rap in the Levant.

Kristin Flade is a theatre and film scholar and author based in Berlin. Between 2013 and 2017 she has worked as a research associate in the project “The Aesthetics of Applied Theatre” at Freie Universität Berlin. In December 2017, Kristin submitted her PhD about applied theatre in Palestine.

Born in Los Angeles, CA, and a graduate of Wesleyan University with a B.A in English and Hispanic Literatures and Cultures, Juan teaches high school in Connecticut. A writer with interests in Black, Queer, and Indigenous Studies, he plans to pursue a doctorate in the near-future.

Chris Gibson is an editor and director working and living in Los Angeles who likes collaborating and working on projects with other talented artists. His favorite subjects are technology and exploring the nature of humanity.

Linzi Juliano holds a doctorate in Performance Studies and is a lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her media pieces have been featured on the Platinum Panel at Outfest LA and NewFest NYC. Published research can be found in the International Journal of Cultural Studies and Theatre Journal.

Peter Kalisch is an artist who primarily works in performance, sound, sculpture, and video. Using a combination of material exploration and archaic imagery, his work is often meant to critique the disillusionment and disconnection that is a result of a dependence on technology as well as our removal from nature.

Amaara Raheem is a Sri Lankan born choreographer, performer, writer and tarot-card reader. She is based in Melbourne, Australia and works in the intersection of Dance, Performance, Architecture & Design. Her work is fluid and responsive to place, and time. Her materials are movement, sound, song, words and planetary activity.

Kayla Tange is an artist residing in Los Angeles. She uses a variety of media in her work and finds freedom and connection through performance. Her passions are found in meaningful dialogue, creative problem solving, collaborative projects and facilitating a unique relationship between art and audience.

Chad is a software engineer and writer. He holds an MS in computer science and a BA in English. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and three cats.