Rachel M Watson
Biographic Data
| ID | 7523539 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel M Watson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel M |
| FAMILY NAME | Watson |
| SIGNATURE | WATSON R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rachel M. Watson is a doctoral student at NYU, where she studies 20th- and 21st-century French theatre, text, and performance. Her master’s thesis on the Théâtre du Soleil investigated space as an experimental tool for establishing new forms of spectatorship. Her current interests include theories of textuality and embodiment as they relate to dramatic writing and performance. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Un théâtre populaire
Despite the turn to the right of many national governments, including France, the 2024 theatre festival in Avignon programmed by a new director, Tiago Rodrigues, delivered feminist, internationalist, antiracist, and progressive works. The lineup showed both his courage to defend what he believes in and his support of exceptional artists who share his political passions (Caroline Guiela Nguyen, Mohamed El Khatib, Lola Arias, Marta Górnicka, Séveri…
Playing with Arts and Identity in Koffi Kwahulé’s Recent Theatre
“Playing With Arts and Identity in Koffi Kwahulé’s Recent Theatre: Basquiat and Fela Kuti” situates Kwahulé’s theatre within the trajectory of Francophone African theatre that queries notions of identity and politics. It sees Kwahulé’s work as part of a movement that turns away from questions of colonization and decolonization to trouble the center and periphery paradigm of postcoloniality. Kwahulé adds a transnational dimension, especially throu…
Exorcism, Autobiography, and Une Chambre en Inde
What happens when the fabled Théâtre du Soleil takes on Islamic terrorism and its own creative doldrums? Improvisation, the horrors of daily news reports, a residency in India, and the specters of the world’s theatrical traditions come together in a raucous kaleidoscope that fills the titular “room in India” with an overflow of anxiety and fellowship
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Exorcism, Autobiography, and Une Chambre en Inde
What happens when the fabled Théâtre du Soleil takes on Islamic terrorism and its own creative doldrums? Improvisation, the horrors of daily news reports, a residency in India, and the specters of the world’s theatrical traditions come together in a raucous kaleidoscope that fills the titular “room in India” with an overflow of anxiety and fellowship
Playing with Arts and Identity in Koffi Kwahulé’s Recent Theatre
“Playing With Arts and Identity in Koffi Kwahulé’s Recent Theatre: Basquiat and Fela Kuti” situates Kwahulé’s theatre within the trajectory of Francophone African theatre that queries notions of identity and politics. It sees Kwahulé’s work as part of a movement that turns away from questions of colonization and decolonization to trouble the center and periphery paradigm of postcoloniality. Kwahulé adds a transnational dimension, especially throu…
Un théâtre populaire
Despite the turn to the right of many national governments, including France, the 2024 theatre festival in Avignon programmed by a new director, Tiago Rodrigues, delivered feminist, internationalist, antiracist, and progressive works. The lineup showed both his courage to defend what he believes in and his support of exceptional artists who share his political passions (Caroline Guiela Nguyen, Mohamed El Khatib, Lola Arias, Marta Górnicka, Séveri…
Art (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Biography (1 work) · Diversity and Impact of Dance (1 work) · Exorcism (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Geology (1 work)