I have a bachelor in philosophy, a Master in Theatre studies and PhD in Media and performance studies. 

My early research was about discourses on theatricality, interdisciplinarity and dramaturgy. These evolved into an interest in the history of theatre without actors, which led to researching about liveness and co-presence, participation and community art, technology and posthumanism. 

Currently, I am observing the ways by which the experience of theatre and performance are automated (through technology and participation), particularly wondering how such works can constitute rehearsals of perceiving and enacting the real. Similar to many other professional fields, while the role of the human is challenged and reimagined, the possibility ot rehearsing alternative ways of acting individually and collectively remains at hand. 

thesis: expanding this by 

• deepening those bodies of references in relation to three “criteria”: see thesis

• identifying contemporary and historical practices where instead of professional trained actor, pieces are embodied and acted by animals technology participants and non actors

• aligning with a changing evolution of the notion of presence in the discourse of performance studies, including discussions about liveness, theatricality, ecological theatre, posthumanism

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During my undergraduate studies (FCSH-UNL), I became interested in the ontology of theatrical representation, analyzing Deleuze’s critique of Plato on simulacra. This investigation was followed by a study of the work and thinking of Tadeuz Kantor at the master’s level (FL-UL), leading me to increasingly focus on practices that displaced the professional actor. 

ma in theatre studies

kantor and dramaturgy, outline a corpus of texts about absenting o the actor

— current:

performance and philosophy

instruction and description/ showing (forms of acting)

appearance and presence (modes of perceiving)

perception and experimentation (forms of being and acting)

participation and technology (forms of mediating perception)