Dr Celena Monteiro
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Performing Arts
- School of Arts
- Penrhyn Road
Senior Lecturer in Dance
About
My research interests focus on the intersections between race, gender, sexuality and class in popular performance. My current research looks at intercultural and digital manifestations of Caribbean dance and popular dance on screen. It engages specifically with issues surrounding white femininity within black performance. I hold a PhD in Dance Studies from the University of Chichester. The title of my thesis is: Bruk Out Feminism in the Intercultural Dancehall Queen Scene.
My role at Kingston includes being the Chair of PACE (Performing Arts Community Engagement). Within the Dance programme I also lead the modules 'Hip Hop and Urban Performance Practices 2' and 'Techniques and Cultures 1' and supervise various Independent Dance Projects.
I am the Chair of PoPMoves UK- an International Research Group for Performances of the Popular. I am also an incoming member of the Dance Studies Association Board, sitting as a Nominations Committee member.
I am currently working on a research project titled 'Mapping Atlantic (Im)mobilities: Caribbean dance communities in London and their diasporic connections', funded by a Kingston University 1st Grant.
Alongside these activities I am also a dance practitioner with Zil'Oka- a French Caribbean Dance Ensemble based in London.
Qualifications
- PhD Dance, University of Chichester
- MA Dance Anthropology, University of Roehampton
- Fellow Higher Education Academy
- BA Dance and Culture, University of Surrey