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ABOUT
I’m a dance scholar–practitioner researching the stakes of dancing and choreographing in contested regions and border areas. Through intersectional and decolonial methods, I engage with choreography among communities in disputed and militarized territories such as Israel/Palestine and the U.S.-Mexico border to show how artists strategize long-term conflict resolution. My work ultimately theorizes how dance can shape ideas of shared responsibility and livability. This is the object of some of my articles and my second book project "Dancing Livability: Choreographing Contradictions in Israel/Palestine."
I obtained a PhD in Culture & Performance from UCLA, and I'm an Assistant Professor of Instruction and Director of Dance in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Discipline
Media Arts
Sub Areas
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Zionism
Theory
Nationalism
Media
Dance
Israel Studies
Colonialism
Diaspora/Refugee Studies
African Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Israel
Palestine
Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Gaza
Jordan
Lebanon
Yemen
Sudan
West Bank
Specialties
Refugees
Dance And Performance
African Diasporas In The Middle East
Languages
Italian (native)
English (advanced)
French (advanced)
Spanish (fluent)
Hebrew (elementary)
Arabic (elementary)
Education
PhD
| 2019
| World Arts & Cultures/Dance
| UCLA
MA
| 2013
| Communication/Italian and European Studies
| University of Lugano (CH)
BA
| 2010
| Humanities/Performance Studies
| University of Venice (Italy)
BA
| 2005
| Fine & Performing Arts/Contemporay Dance
| University of Canterbury (UK)
Abstracts
Throwing Like a Palestinian Girl: Resisting Resilience
