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Elena Lydia Kreusch

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Publications

2022 Several contributions In: Pinchbeck, Oliver / Mee, Declan (2022) (ed.): Notes on Creation. Perspectives from Contemporary Circus. Katapult: Berlin

2020 A Mobility Perspective on Contemporary Circus. In: CircusTalk series Adventures in Circus Research. Facing a New Decade.

2018  Contemporary Circus Mobilities. In: Performance Matters 4.1–2 (2018): 93–98

2016  Screen Circus. L’écran, un lieu d’expression artistique pour le cirque. In: Parcours découvertes édités par HorsLesMurs

2016  Circus Mobilities. Zwischen Alltag und Projektion. In: Universität Wien: PolitiX journal No. 39/2016 'Mobilität', pp. 16-20

2016 HeuteZirkusMorgen. In: Zentralorgan für Politik und Propaganda. Vienna: IG Kultur Österreich (Edited by Arne Mannott and Elena Kreusch)

2016 Screen Circus. Phénomène intermédial (MA thesis). Université Lumière Lyon II

2014 Circus Nomads : Space - Home - Identity (MA thesis). University of Vienna


Teaching

2019
Guest lecturer for ‘Touring and Production’ at the Academy for Circus and Performance Art (Fontys University) in Tilburg, The Netherlands

2017 Guest lecturer for ‘Touring and Production’ at the Academy for Circus and Performance Art (Fontys University) in Tilburg, The Netherlands


Convening / Facilitation

2018 Facilitator of discussion groups at the international policy seminar 'Fresh Circus #4' for Circostrada Network in Ghent, Belgium

2016
Convenor (with Nerida Godfrey) in the context of the Royal Geographic Society's Annual International Conference in London, GB
Title: Creative Practice and Improvisation within Methods: What happens when we get artistic with our research? (two sessions of 1h30, chaired by Prof. Amanda Ravetz)

Public Speaking

2021
Podcast, ‘Zeit für Zirkus’, Forum Neuer Zirkus e.V., Germany

2018 Lecture, ‘KASKADE- Festival for Austrian Contemporary Circus’, Urhof20, Austria

2018 Lecture, International Research Center for Cultural Studies, Austria

2018 Podium discussion ‘Undisziplinierte Gespräche. Zwischen Wissenschaft und Kunst’, Art University Linz, Austria

2017 Speaker series, SenseLab, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

2017 Speaker series, Montreal Working Group on Circus, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

2017 Video Lecture, 'THINK CIRCUS! #2', CircusNext, La Villette, Paris, France

2016 Round table 'Contemporary Circus in Austria', Winterfest, Salzburg, Austria

2016 Lecture, Royal Geographic Society's Annual International Conference, London, Great Britain

2016 Round table 'Cirque et Cinéma', Le Sirque – Pôle National des Arts du Cirque, Nexon, France

2016 Lecture, Conference 'Circus and its Others', Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

2016 Lecture & Screening, Clonakilty Organic Arts Festival, Clonakilty, Ireland

2016 Round table, Conference 'FRESH CIRCUS#3', La Villette, Paris, France

2016 Lecture, Journée d'étude 'Le cirque: du cinéma aux nouveaux médias', Valéry University of Montpellier, France

2015 Lecture, Conference 'MOBILE WORK-LIFE ARRANGEMENTS', University of Freiburg, Germany

2015 Lecture, Conference ‘Zirkus | Wissenschaft – Semiotics of the Circus’, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

2014 Round table 'Le cirque et la création cinématographique', circa festival, Auch, France


Research Residences / Summer Schools

2021
: Seminar ‘Inclusion and Exclusion in Circus’, Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden (1 month), facilitator: Daniel Gulko

2017
: SenseLab – a laboratory for thought in motion, Concordia University, Canada (3 months), superv: Prof. Erin Manning, Prof. Brian Massumi

2015: HorsLesMurs – Centre national de ressources des arts de la rue et des arts du cirque, France (4 months), superv: Julien Rosemberg

2015: Summer school 'MOBILE WORK-LIFE ARRANGEMENTS', University of Freiburg, Germany (2 weeks), superv: Prof. Anna Lipphardt


Education

Ongoing: University of Vienna (PhD Theatre, Film and Media Studies - diploma to be obtained) Research project: Circus (Im)Mobilities. Rethinking Contemporary Circus practice from a Mobility Perspective. superv: Prof Birgit Peter, Prof Louis Patrick Leroux

Ongoing: Sustainability Management School (MBA Sustainable Finance and Digital Innovation - diploma to be obtained)

2016: University Lumière Lyon II (MA International Cultural Management and Policy) Thesis: Screen Circus - phénomène intermédial, superv: Prof. Camille Jutan

2014: University of Vienna (MA Development Politics) Thesis: Circus Nomads. Space - Home - Identity, superv: Prof. Petra Dannecker

Grants / Fellowships / Affiliations

Since 2018: Associated Scholar, Research Platform 'Mobile Cultures and Societies', University of Vienna

2018-19: Junior Fellow, International Research Center for Cultural Studies (IFK)

2016-19: Fellow, Vienna Doctoral Academy 'Theory and Methodology in the Humanities'

2016-19: DOC-Fellow, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)


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