BORIS
DAUSSÀ-PASTOR is a performer, director, and theatre scholar from
Barcelona. He is currently a Professor of Theatre Theory and History
at Institut
del Teatre in Barcelona, and a Theatre PhD candidate at The Graduate
Center-CUNY (New York), as well as affiliated research scholar at
Kerala Kalamandalam (India). He specialized in Indian theatre and
dance, and he is writing his dissertation on the effect of Indian
nationalism and nation building on the training and stage conventions
of kathakali.
He earned a Theatre MA degree from Hunter College, and taught at
Hunter College and Brooklyn College for four years. He also teaches
movement workshops using some of the basics aspects of kathakali
training for the development of the body presence and creativity of
non-kathakali performers. He has published several articles in
academic journals as well as a training guide for kathakali
body-exercise routine. He is an active member of the academic
community; currently a board member of the Association for Asian
Performance (AAP), and co-organizer of this year’s conference of
the International Federation for Theatre Research (FIRT/IFTR).
Negotiating
Tradition and National Identity:
Kathakali en
route to Indian Nation Building.
Email:
boris@lacalba.com
