Projects
Restoring gestures: exploring Aby Warburg's method for theater studies. University of Antwerp
With theatre he urged people to remember their duties. Social Criticism in the Seventeenth-Century Theatre of the Low Countries. University of Antwerp
With theatre he urged people to remember their duties. Social Criticism in the Seventeenth-Century Theatre of the Low Countries. University of Antwerp
Reflecting and resisting. Polish theatre and politics of memory since 2005 KU Leuven
This research argues that contemporary Polish theatre has been marked by this struggle between those creating performances and state authorities that see those creations as a threat to their authority. It interrogates the ways in which the artistic and political strategies that have been developed in the past two decades in the Polish theatre field can be theorized as queer artistic and political strategies. It will argue that this struggle ...
Culture of spectacle. An interdisciplinary platform for historical research into film, theatre, dans and music performances. University of Antwerp
The "business of performance": Theatre impresarios and the dramatic repertoire in the Southern Netherlands between 1680 and 1795. University of Antwerp
Acting Like a Child? How do Professional Adult Theatre Makers Embody Children On Stage? University of Antwerp
The essay following the new documentary turn in performing arts: Tracing the essay in contemporary theatre and performance practices. Ghent University
In the 16th century, Michel de Montaigne developed the essay. This new literary genre was
characterized by the abrogation of judgment, the questioning of authority, the overlap between
fact and fiction, a mixing of styles and a heavy use of quotations. In an age marked by upheaval, he
tried through writing comprehend his superfluous time. To essay means to assay, to weigh but
also to challenge, to test and to attempt. ...