Edge Hill University

Faculty Member, Performing Arts

Lecturer in Performance

Thesis Title: Computer-based 3D Visualization for Theatre Research

About

Rachel’s principle interests are aligned with scenography, theatre history and architecture. Her practice-led doctoral thesis from the University of Leeds investigated the evocation of unrealized Utopian theatre architecture from the 1920s and 1930s. This interdisciplinary project argues that the process of computer-based 3D visualization is a site of knowledge generation as well as articulation. The case studies were centred on the unrealized theatre projects of Vsevolod Meyerhold, Frederick Kiesler and Walter Gropius. For a more detailed account of Rachel's research please visit: www.utopiantheatres.co.uk

Rachel has also served on the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) executive committee and, as of 2010, is a co-convenor of the TaPRA Scenography working group.

In 2011-12 Rachel will be delivering on the following modules:

PAR1071 The Nature and History of Performance (Level 4, Block A-D)
PAR2072 The Process and Purpose of Performance (Level 5, Block A-D)
DES2074 Light, Video and Digital Imagery (Level 5, Block A)
PAR3071 Contemporary Practice (Level 6, Block A-D)

For 2011-12 she is the supervising tutor for students on the Visual Theatre BA (Hons) and Design for Performance BA (Hons) degree programmes. For more information on the modules or to see examples of student work please visit: www.designandvisualtheatre.com

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