Lisa Wilson

Full Name

Lisa Wilson

First Name

Lisa

Surname

Wilson

Additional Name

Nicola

Honorific Prefix

Mrs

Biography

Lisa Wilson is Senior Lecturer and PhD candidate in the Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her doctoral study focuses on decolonizing dance pedagogies in higher education. She has published in the Caribbean Journal of Education, South African Dance Journal, Journal of Dance Education, Research in Dance Education, Jonkonnu Arts Journal, International Journal of Education and the Arts, Dance Current Selected Research and has authored several book chapters. Her performance research which is framed around a feminist artist-teacher-academic self-ecology have been disseminated at multiple African and international contemporary dance festivals/conferences such as Jomba Contemporary Dance Festival, Baxter Dance Festival, Confluences, Adelaide Dance Festival, Dance Umbrella Jamaica, and educational workshops.

Nationality

Jamaican

Birth Date

14 February 1975

Birth Place

Jamaica

UCT Role

Academic

Academic Position

Senior Lecturer

Start Date

1 April 2012

Member Of UCT Department

CTDPS People

UCT Faculty

Humanities

ORCID

0000-0003-3775-1476

Alumni of

University of the West Indies (Kingston)
Wesley Institute for the Arts (Sydney)
University of Exeter (UK)

Affiliation(s)

Dance and the Child International
International Christian Dance Fellowship
Afrika Speaks

Keywords

Feminist/Decolonial Dance pedagogies See all items with this value
Decoloniality in higher education See all items with this value
African/Caribbean contemporary dance performance See all items with this value

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