Curriculum Vitae
Ana Pais
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Ana Pais
Citation names
- Pais, Ana
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 2913-586C-5BB3
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-8093-3913
Email addresses
- anapais2011@gmail.com (Professional)
Websites
- https://www.ceteatro.pt/investigadores/ana_pais (Professional)
- www.performativa.pt (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Humanities - Arts - Performing Arts Studies (Musicology, Theater Science, Dramaturgy)
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| French | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Italian | Intermediate (B1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | |
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2015/10/01 - 2021/09/30
Concluded
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Project "Practices of Feeling" (Pós-doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
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2014/07
Concluded
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Artistic Studies - theatre studies (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Commotion: affective rhythms in the theatrical encounter " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Aprovado com distinção e louvor por unanimidade |
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2002
Concluded
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Theatre Studies (Mestrado)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"Dramaturgy - towards a theory of complicity" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Muito Bom por unanimidade |
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1996
Concluded
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Modern literature and languages - Portuguese and English (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
"sem tese" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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14 valores |
Affiliation
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/11/07 - Current | Invited Associate Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Federal da Bahia Escola de Teatro, Brazil |
| Universidade Federal da Bahia Escola de Teatro, Brazil | ||
| 2021/11/01 - 2022/01/06 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
| 2015/09/25 - 2016/01/31 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
| 2005/09/16 - 2010/09/16 | Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) | Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, Portugal |
| 2009/09/15 - 2010/06/30 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade de Évora, Portugal |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2015/10/01 - 2021/09/30 | Posdoctoral FCT fellowship | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2019/04/15 - 2019/06/15 | Visiting Scholar at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, under the supervision of Prof Erin Hurley | McGill University Department of English, Canada |
| 2016/10/10 - 2016/12/15 | Visiting Scholar at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, under the supervision of Prof Erin Hurley | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| 2016/04/01 - 2016/05/31 | Visiting scholar at postgraduate performing arts programme at UFBA, Salvador da Bahia, under the supervision of Professor Ciane Fernandes | Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil |
| 2014/04/01 - 2014/04/30 | "Dramaturgy in the 21st century: procedures" . course at SP Escola de Teatro, São Paulo - Brazil | SP EScola de Teatro, Brazil |
| 2011/01/15 - 2012/07/31 | Visiting Scholar, under the supervision of Professor André Lepecki. | New York University, United States |
| 2010/08/01 - 2010/12/21 | Visiting Scholar, under the supervision of Professor Christine Greiner, co-supervisor of my PhD dissertation. | Pontífica Universidade Católica, Brazil |
| 2007/09/01 - 2007/11/20 | Visiting Scholar | New York University, United States |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2018/04 - 2019/04 | In the Flow: Public Feelings and Practices of Awareness”
FAAC
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
Outputs
Publications
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| Online resource |
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| Thesis / Dissertation |
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Artistic / Performance
| Artistic performance |
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Activities
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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| 2021/08/08 - Current | O corpo sensível como traço para o desenho de metodologias criativas em direcção de actores [The sensitive body as an imprint
for the development of a creative methodology in actor direction]
Supervisor
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Phd in Theatre Studies (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2021/02/01 - Current | Ritos, Danças e Devires. Por uma Dramaturgia Cazumbística da Cena Filmada [Ritual, Dance and becoming. For a Cazumbian dramaturgy
of the filmed scene]
Supervisor
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Doutoramento em Artes (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2019/01 - Current | Teatro, lugar onde se vê ? Novos referenciais para uma experiência inclusiva com públicos invisuais nas artes performativas
na perspetiva da sustentabilidade social, do desenvolvimento humano e da inovação [Theatre, the place where one sees: new
referents towards an inclusive experience of blind audiences in the performing arts in the perspective of sustainability,
human development and innovation]
Co-supervisor
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teatro (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal
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| 2018/01/10 - 2021/01/12 | A visão das mulheres sobre os próprios corpos: um estudo sobre representações do corpo feminino no teatro feminista
[The Vision of Women on their Body: a study on representations of female bodies in feminist theatre ]
Co-supervisor
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Mestrado em Estudos Sobre as Mulheres. As Mulheres na Sociedade e na Cultura (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018/04/01 - 2019/05/31 | Public Engagement and international symposium. Em Fluxo. Sentimentos Públicos e Práticas de reconhecimento [In the Flow: Public
Feelings and Practices of Awareness]. Conferences and workshops by Lisa Blackman, Javier Moscoso, Cassiano S Quillici and
Ciane Fernandes (several locations, Lisbon). (2019/05/03 - 2019/05/05)
Other
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| 2015/05 - 2018/10 | Public engagement. Projecto P! Performance in the Public Sphere Performance, one-week event in several venues and locations
in Lisbon, International Conference at Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (speakers: Rebecca Schneider, Jen Harvie, Christine Greiner,
Idalina Conde) and Publications (book and open access ebook in English) for the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Futurist
Conference, by Portuguese artist Almada Negreiros. (2017/04/10 - 2017/04/14)
Festival (Co-organisor)
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Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos de Teatro, Portugal |
| 2015/09/30 - 2016/10/31 | The 4th edition of DIRTY EAR Forum, an artistic residency co-curated by Brandon LaBelle and Ana Pais, is dedicated to the
topic "The Performativity of Sound and Affect". Like the experience of sound, affective modes of experience happen invite
us to listen to sensitive rhythms, to movements and vibrations, to multiple intensities. (2016/09/30 - 2016/10/05)
Workshop
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| 2015/02/05 - 2015/02/26 | Public Engagement Lecture series: O Poder dos Afectos (Culturgest, Lisboa) Speakers: Ana Pais, Sara Falcão Casaca, Inês Brasão,
Helena Marujo, Paula Caspão (2015/02/05)
Conference
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| 2014/10/29 - 2014/10/29 | Public Engagement. "Conversas Domésticas [Domestic Conversations] Series#2": conversations with actors, performers and dancers.
programmed by Festival Temps d' Image, Lisbon. available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJCE8284MgM (2014/11/29 - 2014/11/29)
Round table
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| 2013/12/15 - 2013/12/15 | Public engagement: "Conversas Domésticas [Domestic Conversation series #1]": conversations with actors, performers and dancers.
Festival Temps d'Image, Lisboa. available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcqGSj0bgzM. (2013/12/15 - 2013/12/15)
Round table
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| 2013/09/05 - 2013/09/08 | Generative Indirections is an international meeting for artists and researchers. It is supported by the Performance Studies
international (PSi) programme of Regional Clusters.
Researching the relations between ongoing artistic, social and political forms of life, Generative Indirections intends to
explore the potentialities of performance studies in the critical space between the Social Sciences, Humanities and Art, and
give voice to counter hegemonic epistemologies, blurring theory and practice. (2013/09/05 - 2013/09/08)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
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Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/05/19 - 2023/05/19 | Guest Speaker “A Liberdade como sentimento Público no espectáculo Catarina e a Beleza de Matar Fascistas, de Tiago Rodrigues”
Conference
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Inquietações - Ciclo de encontros do Programa de Pós-Graduação em artes cénicas ECA/USP
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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| 2022/05/18 - 2022/05/18 | Keynote speaker at II Seminário TEPe (technologically Expanded Performance)
Conference
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Quem tem medo das emoções? Afectos e Pandemia
Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal |
| 2022/04/25 - 2022/04/25 | guest speaker "Da liberdade: entre o valor cultural e o afecto público"
Conference
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aPós Explorações, PPG-CEN
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
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| 2020/10/28 - 2020/10/28 | Guest speaker at 68º aPós Explorations series of the postgraduate programme in performing arts (videoconference)
Conference
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The function of affect in the construction of the felt fabric of theatre
Universidade de Brasília, Brazil
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| 2020/09/29 - 2020/09/29 | Paper presented with Daniel Tércio at Constellations III - Art & City, videoconference programme promoted by Intercultural
Roots, London.
Conference
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Sensorial Walk |
| 2020/09/08 - 2020/09/08 | Guest speaker. Inaugural conference of the videoconference series Dramaturgias Plurais [Plural Dramaturgies.]
Conference
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Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil
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| 2019/07/11 - 2019/07/17 | Paper presented at 45th International Council for Traditional Music World Conference, University of Chulalongkorn, Thailand
Congress
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Soundaffectscapes in Cultural and Artistic Performaces
International Council for Traditional Music, Australia
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| 2019/05/27 - 2019/05/29 | Paper presented at SQET 2019 international conference, "Theatre and New Materialisms", Université de Montréal
Conference
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The atmospheric worlds of Projecto Teatral
Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
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| 2019/03/25 - 2019/03/25 | Guest speaker at the lecture series Cartograma. 1-day seminar on the research topics of performance and the public sphere
as well as performance and affect .
Seminar
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Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil
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| 2019/02/18 - 2019/02/18 | Guest speaker at the symposium What Has Love Got To Do With It, Culturgest, Lisboa.
Conference
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Radio Intimacy – a podcast
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Comunicação, Portugal
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| 2018/11/01 - 2018/11/02 | Paper presented at the IV International Symposium Thinking Affect
Conference
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The Line of the Heart: the role of affect in performance
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| 2018/10/04 - 2018/10/06 | performance-lecture presented with Daniel Tércio at the International Symposium Performance and Intimacy
Conference
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Intimacy between antipodes
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
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| 2018/07/09 - 2018/07/13 | Paper presented at the FIRT 2018, Theatre and Migration, Belgrad
Congress
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Beautiful ladies, beautiful gentlemen the borders are open”: game, power and public affect in Rimini Protokoll’s Home visit
Europe’
Univerzitet umetnosti u Beogradu Fakultet dramskih umetnosti, Serbia
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| 2017/07/10 - 2017/07/14 | Paper presented at the FIRT 2017, Unstable Geographies - Multiple Theatricalities
Congress
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Can Performance Art shape, recreate and participate in the public sphere?
Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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| 2016/12/13 - 2016/12/13 | Guest speaker at Trindade Lecture series, Theatre of Trindade, Lisboa
Symposium
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Activar, escutar e surfar ou o teatro como prática de sentir |
| 2016/11/10 - 2016/11/10 | Guest speaker at Vila das Artes, Fortaleza, Brazil.
Conference
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Commotion: the performativity of affect in audience engagement |
| 2016/10/29 - 2016/10/29 | Guest speaker at III Seminário de Arte (Art Seminar)
Conference
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Sentir o Público ou o poder da intensificação dos afectos
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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| 2016/07/22 - 2016/07/22 | Guest speaker at the Symposium Portuguese Performance Art, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisboa
Conference
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Far from sight, close to the heart
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Instituto de Comunicação, Portugal
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| 2016/01/25 - 2016/01/25 | Guest speaker at interdisciplinary research seminar Hist-ex . History and Philosophy of Experience
Conference
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Staging Emotions, potentiating affects
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
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| 2015/10/14 - 2015/10/17 | paper presented at the Affect Theory World Conference Worldings Tensions Futures
Congress
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The Politics of Encounter: listening as intensification of affect
Millersville University, United States
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| 2015/09/12 - 2015/09/12 | Guest speaker at II Symposium of Positive Psychology
Conference
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Does theatre bring happiness?
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Portugal
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| 2015/04/13 - 2015/04/13 | Paper presented at the international conference What is Performance Philosophy
Conference
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The performative power of affect: moving intensities
University of Surrey, United Kingdom
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| 2013/06/26 - 2013/06/29 | Paper presentation at the International Psi Conference "Now Then: Performance and Temporality
Congress
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Affective temporalities in Gobsquad’s Kitchen (you’ve never had it so good)
Theatre and Performance Studies Department University of Stanford, United States
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Jury of academic degree
| Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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| 2022/03/09 | Casa Imperial, Corpo Tropical. Dramaturgia e Imaginário Recíproco entre Brasil e Portugal (1985-2017) [Imperial House, Tropical
Body. Dramaturgy and mutual imaginary between Brasil and Portugal]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Jorge Eduardo Louraço da Silva Figueira (PhD)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
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| 2020/07/17 | Performatividades em Exposição: Encontros e Desencontros entre Performances e Contextos Curatoriais [Performativities in Exhibition:
Encounters and Disencounters between Performances and Curatorial Contexts]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Daniela Andreia Ferreira Salazar (PhD)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2020/01/15 | A performance arte como intervenção nos Encontros Internacionais de Arte (1974-1977)[Performance Art as intervention in the
International Art Encounters (1974-1977)]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Caroline Rebeca Comin Silva (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
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| 2020/01/09 | John Cage. A Obra Indeterminada [John Cage. The Indeterminate Oeuvre]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Ana Luísa Valdeira da Silva Pereira Vieira (PhD)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
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| 2019/12/17 | Companhia Maior: da experiência de envelhecimento ao corpo performativo [Companhia Maior: from the experience of the aging
body to the performative body]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Maria de Fátima Alves Gomes de Vasconcelos (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2019/12/09 | Dramaturgias Conviviais. Formas para a experiência do comum [Convivial Dramaturgies : ways of experiencing the commons]
(Thesis) Main arguer
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Luciana Romagnoli (PhD) |
Committee member
| Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021/02/03 - Current | Editorial committee of the journal Conceição/Conception. UNICAMP, Brazil
Advisor / Consultant
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil |
| 2020/11/12 - Current | Editorial committee of ebook collection Composições para o dissenso: perspectivas íbero-americanas para a dança [Compositions
for dissensus: iberian-american perspectives for dance]
Advisor / Consultant
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Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, Mexico Universidade Federal da Bahia, Brazil |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
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| 2019/09/23 - 2019/09/25 | II EASTAP Conference “Shared Memory(ies) – creation, research and politics in the European Contemporary Stage | CET - FLUL /UL |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2021/02/03 - 2021/02/03 | Guest speaker "Performance in pandemic times" at doctoral seminar | Estudos Avançados - Tópicos em Estudos de Dança (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal |
| 2020/09/14 - 2021/01/21 | Workshop II - Affect theory. practical experimentation of methodology of Thinking at the Edge (Eugene Gendlin) | Workshop II seminar (Curso de doutoramento (conclusão de unidades curriculares)) | Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal |
| 2020/01/07 - 2020/01/07 | guest speaker "Dance, Performance and Dramaturgy" at doctoral seminar | Estudos Avançados - Tópicos em Estudos de Dança (Doutoramento) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Portugal |
| 2019/11/26 - 2019/11/26 | guest speaker "commotion: the affective rhythms of the theatrical event" at master seminar | Dança em Contexto (Mestrado) | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal |
| 2019/11/14 - 2019/11/14 | Guest speaker "Performing the personal is political" | "Corporealities in Contemporary US Feminist Art" (Mestrado) | Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras, Portugal |
| 2016/09/07 - 2016/09/09 | Comoção. a performatividade dos afectos na relação com o público [Commotion: the performativity of affect in audience engagement¿], Vila das Artes, Fortaleza ¿ Brasil 3-day workshop: ¿ | non-academic | |
| 2014/04/01 - 2014/04/30 | Dramaturgismos para o século 21 [dramaturgy for the XXI century] at SP-Escola de Teatro - Brazil | graduate course |
Distinctions
Award
| 2021 | Rede Eunice Ageas [Rede Eunice Ageas touring prize ] for the performance Madalena
Teatro Nacional D Maria II EPE, Portugal
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