Personal profile
Short presentation
BA and MA in Theatre and performance studies. Currently a ph.d. student at Theatre and performance studies at Department of Arts and Culture. My project revolves around the Danish stand-up industry and its historical roots in African American culture.
Experience in improvisation, queer dramaturgies and analysis of pop cultural media through an intersectional lens.
Passionate about student politics, creative community for minoritized people and cross-aesthetic practices that decenter whiteness.
Fields of interest
- comedy, improvisation, queer utopias and temporality
- poetry by Afro-American women and queers
- virality, digital cultures and communities
- performance collectives focusing on intersectional feminism, class analysis and body politics
Education/Academic qualification
Theater- & performance studies, MA, The Political Manifesto as Performative Text - Combahee River Collective Statement and Identity Politics in Afro-American and Danish Contexts, University of Copenhagen
1 Sept 2019 → 30 Jan 2022
Award Date: 30 Jan 2022
Theater- & performance studies, BA, Exit narratives of female comedians in the digital public arena, University of Copenhagen
1 Sept 2016 → 1 Jul 2019
Award Date: 1 Jul 2019
External positions
Research Affiliate, New York University
16 Jan 2025 → 1 Jun 2025
CPH STAGE
28 Nov 2022 → 1 Jul 2023
Husets Teater
1 Mar 2019 → 1 Jun 2023
Keywords
- Faculty of Humanities