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Rachel Fensham

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Culture and Communication
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theatre
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Primary Interest
Digital Humanities
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Rachel Fensham.

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HASS DeVL Continuity Project Subcontract

2019 - 2020
Completed
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THE LIVING ARCHIVE OF INDIGENOUS COLLECTIONS - MCCOY SEED FUND - PROF RACHEL FENSHAM

2019 - 2019
Completed
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RECLAIMING PERFORMANCE UNDER ASSIMILATION IN SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA, 1935-75

This project aims to reframe a period of Australian history, the Assimilation era (1935-1975), to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait I..

2018 - 2021
Completed
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AUSTAGE PHASE 6 VISUALISING VENUES IN AUSTRALIAN LIVE PERFORMANCE RESEARCH

This project aims to construct a two- and three-dimensional visual interface and digital curatorial space, improving the existing AusStage o..

2017 - 2017
Completed
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AUSTAGE PHASE 6 VISUALISING VENUES IN AUSTRALIAN LIVE PERFORMANCE RESEARCH

This project aims to construct a two- and three-dimensional visual interface and digital curatorial space, improving the existing AusStage o..

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Creative Convergence: Enhancing Impact in Regional Theatre for Young People

This project aims to understand and enhance the personal, affective and social impact of contemporary theatre for youth audiences in regiona..

2016 - 2020
Completed
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Creative Convergence: Enhancing Impact in Regional Theatre for Young People

This project aims to understand and enhance the personal, affective and social impact of contemporary theatre for youth audiences in regiona..

2016 - 2020
Completed
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MCRIP SUPPORT FOR THE SOCIAL & CULTURAL INFORMATICS PLATFORM

2014 - 2016
Completed
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AUSTAGE, PHASE 5: AUSTRALIAN LIVE PERFORMANCE AND THE WORLD - GLOBAL NETWORKS, NATIONAL CULTURE, AESTHETIC TRANSMISSION

AusStage stimulates new approaches to collaborative research and pioneers innovative methodologies for researching live performance in Austr..

2014 - 2015
Completed
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AUSTAGE, PHASE 5: AUSTRALIAN LIVE PERFORMANCE AND THE WORLD - GLOBAL NETWORKS, NATIONAL CULTURE, AESTHETIC TRANSMISSION

AusStage stimulates new approaches to collaborative research and pioneers innovative methodologies for researching live performance in Austr..

2014 - 2015
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

6

Research Grant

3

Internal Research Grant

1

Research Contracts

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Rachel Fensham.

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Regional Theatre in Australia

Jennifer Beckett, Rachel Fensham, Paul Rae

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australasian Drama Studies

Reflects upon the increasing regionalisation of arts and cultural activity in Australia, in the context of government investments ..

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Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia's Creative and Cultural Institutions, 2020, no. 248

Rachel Fensham, Paul Rae, Jennifer Beckett

Report  |  2020

A strong Australian cultural sector requires a carefully considered and strong policy foundation in which funding does not leave w..

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The Biggest Little Theatre in Australia

Rachel Fensham, Andrew Fuhrmann

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

After the devastating fire at La Mama theatre that nearly destroyed its 100-year-old brick building in 2018, a sigh of relief went..

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Ecological combustion: the atmospherics of the bushfire as choreography

Rachel Fensham

Journal article  |  2020  |  Ambiances: International Journal of Sensory Environment, Architecture and Urban Space

This paper examines the atmospheres generated by the elemental power of bushfires as embodiment, invention and reconstruction thro..

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Costumes and Choreography from Bodenwieser's Trunk: The Coat as Affective Memory

Rachel Fensham

Journal article  |  2019  |  Dance Research

The Viennese modern choreographer Gertrud Bodenwieser's black coat leads to an analysis of her choreography in four main phases - ..

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Research Methods and Problems

Rachel Fensham

Book Chapter  |  2019

An overview of current issues in the field of dance research, in relation to grants and publications.

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Creative Convergence Midterm Industry Report (2017-18)

Rachel Fensham, Paul Rae, Jennifer Beckett

Report  |  2019

This midterm report provides an overview of the research completed by the Creative Convergence team between 2017 and 2018. Mid-way..

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Making and Assembling: Towards a conjectural paradigm for interdisciplinary research

R Fensham, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Book Chapter  |  2018

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On Choreography

R Fensham

Journal article  |  2018  |  Performance Research

‘On Choreography’, prepared by Rachel Fensham, turns on an aesthetic investigation of twentieth-century dance history through the ..

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Introduction: Micro-climates

Rachel Fensham, Eddie Paterson, Paul Rae

Journal article  |  2018  |  Performance Research

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Demography
Performing Arts
Arts
Expanding Knowledge
Other Chemical Sciences
Development Studies
Criminology
Art History, Theory and Criticism
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education
Heritage, Archive and Museum Studies

News

Displaying the 3 most recent news articles by Rachel Fensham.

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Feather-flowers and photographs

Richard Chenhall, Rachel Fensham, Fran Edmonds

January 31, 2020
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The demon dance: A modern reimagining

Rachel Fensham

August 8, 2017
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A radical legacy: Trisha Brown's postmodern dance

Rachel Fensham

October 13, 2014

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2020

Victorian Community History Awards: Nomination
2010

Kathleen Barker Award

Society for Theatre Research
2004

Marlis Thiersch Award

Australasian Drama Studies Association
1980

Brian Fitzpatrick History Prize

University of Melbourne
2012

FRSA - Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professor

Culture and Communication

Member, Congress Of Research On Dance

Dance Studies Association

Member

Australasian Drama Studies Association

Member, Performance And Pedagogy Group

Performance Studies international (PSi)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Monash University

Master of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Graduate Diploma of Movement and Dance

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts with Honours

University of Melbourne

Links

International Linkages

University of London

United Kingdom