Dr Celena Monteiro
Contact
- Email: c.l.monteiro@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Penrhyn Road
- Faculty: Kingston School of Art
- School: School of Arts, Culture and Communication
- Department: Department of Performing Arts
About
My research interests focus on the intersections between race, gender, sexuality and class in popular performance. My current research looks at intercultual 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.
Within the Dance programme I lead the modules 'Popular Dance' and 'Street Dances' and supervise various Research Projects.
I am a committee member for PoPMoves- an International Research Group for Performances of the Popular. I am an Executive Committee member for the Society of Dance Research.
Alongside these activities I am also a dance practitioner with Zil'Oka- a French Caribbean Dance Ensemble based in London.
Academic responsibilities
Lecturer in Dance
Qualifications
- PhD Dance, University of Chichester
- MA Dance Anthropology, University of Roehampton
- Fellow Higher Education Academy
- BA Dance and Culture, University of Surrey
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