Roanna

"I graduated from the BA Drama and Theatre Arts in 2008. I now work as a writer, researcher and movement director, and teach movement and performance at the University of Kent, Goldsmiths, and the Central School of Speech and Drama. My work centers on experiences of the body from a number of perspectives, including the creative, political, and commercialised.

My time at Goldsmiths was a fantastic foundation for this work, which I am currently deepening through PhD research on ‘The Body Politics of Acting’. I disseminate and explore this work through lectures and workshops in various institutions, including the Young Vic, and through collaborations with fellow artists, including projects convened by Platform7 – which itself is founded by a Goldsmiths alumnus.

In 2011 I began working as Movement Director for Richard Schechner, taking his performance installation Imagining O to the International Theatre Festival in Kerala, India in 2012. I continue to collaborate with Schechner, as well as his associate Director Benjamin Mosse, with some exciting international projects in the pipeline.

I also work with writer and activist Susie Orbach as Artistic Director for the local-global initiative Endangered Bodies, which actively challenges the culture of profit-making from body-dissatisfaction.

It is a real pleasure to be back at Goldsmiths and accompany new student cohorts on the course that helped me do the fulfilling work I engage with today."