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I research, write, and teach on how performance theory and practice can help us better understand our shared histories of coloniality, violence, and structural inequality across the Américas, and particularly in Brazil. With Diana Taylor, I coedited the multilingual digital books What is Performance Studies? (2015) and Resistant Strategies (2021). My essays have been published in several academic journals, including the Journal of Global South Studies, Latin American Theatre Review, TDR: The Drama Review, Theater: Yale's Journal of Criticism, Plays & Reportage, and Theatre Topics. Together with scholars from several different countries, languages, and disciplines, I organize panels and working sessions that explore how performance, both as practice and methodology can expand our understanding of the rise of neofascism and the politics of hope across the Américas. I'm currently writing a book that addresses the performance, policy, and politics of the Workers' Party in Brazil, from 2002 to 2016.

Before joining the New School, I've taught at the Universidade Estadual do Paraná in Brazil, New York University, New York University Abu Dhabi, and at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Degrees Held

PhD, Performance Studies, New York University

MA, Performance Studies, New York University

Graduate Specialization, Cinema and Video, Faculdade de Artes do Paraná, Brazil

BA, Theatre Directing, Faculdade de Artes do Paraná, Brazil

Professional Affiliation

American Society for Theater Research (ASTR)

Associação Brasileira de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Artes Cênicas (ABRACE)

Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA)

Latin American Studies Association (LASA)

Performance Studies International (PSi)

Recent Publications

“Rehearsals for an Archeology of the Future: Curating Brazil in the Festival de Curitiba.” 2025. Theater: Yale’s Journal of Criticism, Plays & Reportage 55 (2): 87-99.

"Internationalizing ATHE: A Roundtable Discussion." With Q-mars Haeri, Marjan Moosavi, Gustavo Prado Sampaio, Lerihun Birehanu Sira, Rini Tarafder, Eunwoo Yoo. 2024. Theatre Topics 34 (1): 73-82.

Resistant Strategies. Edited by Marcos Steuernagel and Diana Taylor. 2021. HemiPress.

"Who Wants Money? Radical Performance and Experimental Urbanism in the Heart of São Paulo." 2021. Journal of Global South Studies 38 (1): 194-219.

"Domínio Público: Performing the Brazilian Conservative Turn." 2019. Latin American Theatre Review 52 (2):129-147.

"Here We Are Again: Performing the Temporality of the Brazilian Transition." 2017. TDR: The Drama Review 61 (4):9–21.

What is Performance Studies? Edited by Diana Taylor and Marcos Steuernagel. 2015. Duke University Press; HemiPress.

Art, Migration, and Human Rights. Collectively co-authored digital dossier. 2015. HemiPress

Research Interests

performance studies, performance & politics, latin american studies, brazilian studies

Awards And Honors

 2017 ATHE/ASTR Excellence in Digital Theatre and Performance Studies Scholarship. Co-investigators: Diana Taylor, Marcial Godoy-Anativia, Alexei Taylor, and Olivia Michiko Gagnon

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