Dr. Jane Munro, BA, MA, PhD

Jane Munro began teaching at Central in 2004. She teaches contemporary dance, choreography and movement to actors, drawing particularly on detailed anatomical study. She works with this on MA Movement Studies. On MA Performance Practices and Research she teaches immersive theatre and research.

PhD supervision

Current supervision: Joseph Mercier - Fuck the Stage: Queer Strategies for (Re)Directing Dance and Performance and Kiki Selioni - Applications of Laban to Contemporary Theatre.

Funding awards

> Chisenhale Dance Space – Perspectives Season 2006

Publications

2010 ‘Methods and Motivation for Participatory Dance in Choreographic Practices, http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=170/ , Online Journal

Conference presentations
2009 ‘Pretty War – an investigation of performativity and participatory performance’, solo paper. Psi 16 Zagreb

2008 round table chair, ‘The Audience Member’s Body as Theatre Material’, Theatre Materials, Central School of Speech and Drama

2005 ‘A phenomenological investigation of Felix Ruckert’s Secret Service’, Society for New Dance Scholars, Solo paper, University of Northampton

Productions

2009 (dramaturg) Taped, Robert Cook, Contact Theatre, Manchester

2008 (performer/choreographer) Pretty War, Camden People’s Theatre, London

2008 (performer/choreographer) Missing, Lorem Ipsum Gallery, London

2008 (performer) Apochryphal Theatre Festival, Lorem Ipsum Gallery, London, dir. Julia Barclay

2007 (performer) Sound Memory Project, People Show, London dir. Lisa Alexander

2006 (choreographer) Wardrobe, Perspectives Festival, Chisenhale Dance Space, London

2005 (performer) Apochryphal Theatre Lab, Camden People’s Theatre, London