Rachel Fensham is Director of the Digital Studio, Faculty of Arts and a Professor of Dance and Theatre. She is lead CI on a ARC Linkage project investigating the impact of theatre for young people in regional Victoria, that has created CIRCUIT, a mapping tool for touring of theatre in Australia; and CI for the Humanities and Social Sciences Data-Enhanced Virtual Laboratory (HASS-DEVL) for the ARDC.
in all her research, the role and integration of methodologies from the digital humanities plays a critical role alongside other methods such as fieldwork, close analysis of embodied performance and community engagement. Recent publications include "Making and Assembling" in the Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Research Methods (2018) and' Issues in Dance Research' for the Bloomsbury Handbook of Dance Studies (2019). Refereed journal articles include Performance Research (2018) and Dance Research (2019). She is currently preparing a monograph on "Movement: Theory for Theatre" for Methuen. Publication history includes "To Watch Theatre: Essays on Genre and Corporeality" (Peter Lang, 2009); "Dancing Naturally: nature, neo-classicism and modernity in early twentieth century dance" (co-edited with Alexandra Carter, Palgrave, 2011) and "The Dolls' Revolution: Australian theatre and cultural imagination" (co-authored with Denise Varney, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2005). With Professor Peter M. Boenisch, she is co-editor of the Palgrave book series, "New World Choreographies" which has just launched its seventh title: http://www.palgrave.com/series/new-world%20choreographies/NWC/
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Costumes and Choreography from Bodenwieser's Trunk: The Coat as Affective Memory
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Kathleen Barker Award
Marlis Thiersch Award
Brian Fitzpatrick History Prize
FRSA - Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts
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