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Commentators

Dig deeper into the ideas and principles behind the documented work. Here, the practitioners themselves as well as leading scholars and critics provide invaluable context, together with concise critical interpretations and further reading.

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Adam J. Ledger
Adam J. Ledger is Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham. Alongside his academic work he has directed in a variety of settings, including professional productions.
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Alexia Kokkali
Alexia Kokkali is Programme Director of European Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford, and also works as an actor.
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Amie Dowling
Amie Dowling is Professor in the Performing Arts Department at the University of San Francisco.
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Anatoly Smeliansky
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Annie Loui
Annie Loui work in movement and acting has been seen at the American Repertory Theater; Signature Theater, NY; and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. 
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Avner Eisenberg
Avner Eisenberg is best known for portraying The Jewel in The Jewel of the Nile and is now a performer at comedy, magic and theatre festivals, which in past years have included the Edinburgh Festival.
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Bella Merlin
Bella Merlin has a PhD from the University of Birmingham and is an actor, writer and actor-trainer.
Commentator Ben Spatz
Ben Spatz
Ben Spatz is Lecturer in Drama, Theatre, and Performance at the University of Huddersfield and Artistic Director of Urban Research Theater, a performance collective based in New York City.
Dave Calvert
Calvert, Dave
Dave Calvert is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield.
Cari Ann Shim Sham
Cari Ann Shim Sham
Cari Ann Shim Sham* is an Associate Arts Professor of Dance and Technology at NYU Tisch School of the Arts and award winning filmmaker and director.
Christina Kapadocha
Christina Kapadocha
Dr. Christina Kapadocha is a Lecturer in Theatre and Movement at East 15 Acting School
Jonathan Clarke
Clark, Jonathan
Jonathan Owen Clark is Professor of Aesthetics and Arts Practice
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David Zinder
David Zinder is Emeritus Professor of the Theatre Arts Department of Tel Aviv, after spending 28 years as Head of Acting and Directing.
Dr. Anne Sophie Refskou
Dr. Anne Sophie Refskou
Dr. Anne Sophie Refskou is a lecturer in theatre and performance at University of Surrey, UK. She specializes in the study of Shakespeare in relation to global and intercultural contexts, with an interest in contemporary performance practices, politics, and international relations.
Freeman, Mark
Freeman, Mark
Mark Freeman is an award winning film maker and Professor of Television, Film and New Media at San Diego State University.
Gary Cassidy
Gary Cassidy
Dr. Gary Cassidy is a Senior Lecturer in Acting at Bath Spa University
Commentator Gavin Carver
Gavin Carver
Gavin Carver, filmmaker, was a lecturer in Drama at the University of Kent and Manchester Metropolitan University before becoming a documentarist.
George Rodosthenous
George Rodosthenous
George Rodosthenous is Associate Professor in Theatre Directing at the University of Leeds, UK.
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Janice J. Anderson
Janice J. Anderson is a PhD Candidate in Humanities at York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with research interests in Black women’s literatures and Black theatre and performance.
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John Rudlin
John Rudlin founded Exeter University’s Drama course and was its first Departmental Head.
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Jonathan Pitches
Jonathan Pitches is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Leeds.
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Kapsali, Maria
Leo Sykes
Leo Sykes
Leo Sykes is the director of Circo Teatro Udi Grudi in Brazil and lecturer in the drama department of the University of Brasilia.
Lesley Ferris
Lesley Ferris
Lesley Ferris is Distinguished Professor of Theatre at The Ohio State University.
Magnat, Virginie
Magnat, Virginie
Virginie Magnat is Associate Professor of Performance whose research focuses on the intersection of performance, cultural anthropology, experimental ethnography, and Indigenous research methodologies.
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Mike Pearson
Mike Pearson is Professor of Performance at Aberystwyth University.
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Nicolas Whybrow
Nicolas Whybrow is Emeritus Professor of Urban Performance Studies at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick.
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O'Brien, Nick
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Paul Allain
Paul Allain is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Kent.
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Perkins, Kathy
Kathy A. Perkins is Professor of Theatre at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the editor of six anthologies focusing on women from Africa and the African Diaspora. She is also a professional lighting designer.
Peter Hulton
Peter Hulton
Peter Hulton is the founder and director of Arts Archives and Theatre Papers and is on the editorial board of Performance Research.
Peter Zazzali
Peter Zazzali
Peter Zazzali, Senior Lecturer of Acting and the Director of (BA Hons) Acting at LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore.
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Phillip Zarrilli
Phillip Zarrilli is internationally known for training actors using a psychophysical process combining yoga and the Asian martial arts, and as a director.
Sarah Whatley
Sarah Whatley
Sarah Whatley is Professor of Dance at Coventry University and Director of the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE).
Commentator Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney
Simon McBurney is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Complicite.
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Simon Murray
Simon Murray is Senior Lecturer in Theatre at the University of Glasgow.
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Stephen Bottoms
Stephen Bottoms
Stephen Bottoms is Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance at the University of Manchester.
Suzette Coon
Suzette Coon
Suzette Coon is a writer and also artistic director of the theatre company Little Pieces of Gold.
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T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko
T. Nikki Cesare is Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. She has published articles in Performance Research, Theatre Journal, and TDR, where she edits Critical Acts with Gelsey Bell.
Commentator Una Chaudhuri
Una Chaudhuri
Una Chaudhuri is Collegiate Professor and Professor of English and Drama at New York University.