Introduction

Abstract

Introduction to the dossier "Performing Memory Through Dance. Anthropological Perspectives"

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Author Biography

Susanne Franco, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Susanne Franco is Associate Professor in Dance, Theatre and Performance Studies at Ca’ Foscari
University of Venice, and the Rector’s Delegate for the Performing Arts. She was the PI of the
international research project “Memory in Motion: Re-Membering Dance History” (2019–2023,
SPIN2) and the coordinator of the Ca’ Foscari Unit for the international research project “Dancing
Museums: The Democracy of Beings” (2018–2021, Creative Europe). She has published numerous
essays on modern and contemporary dance and research methodology. As a curator she has
collaborated with numerous Italian Institutions and Museums, and currently (with Annalisa Sacchi) she
directs the theatre Festival “Asteroide Amor”. She recently edited (with Cristina Baldacci) On
Reenactment: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools (2022), (with Gabriella Giannachi) Moving Spaces:
Enacting Dance, Performance, and the Digital in the Museum (2021), and (with Marina Nordera) The
Oxford Handbook of Dance and Memory (forthcoming).

Published
2024-06-30
How to Cite
Franco, S., & Tamisari, F. (2024). Introduction. Mimesis Journal, 13(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.13135/2389-6086/10594
Section
Performing Memory Through Dance. Anthropological Perspectives