Associate Professor (Teaching) of Theater and Performance Studies

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1 Associate Professor (Teaching) of Theater and Performance Studies Curriculum Vitae available Online Bio BIO Helen Paris is an award-winning artist who has been making performance work for twenty years. Her research interests include: Live Art, solo performance, autobiography, intimacy and proximity in performance, site specific works, the senses in performance, performance and technology, and audience / performer relationships. She received her doctorate from the University of Surrey in 2000, exploring notions of the virtual and the visceral in live performance. Her writing has appeared in numerous books and journals including Performance Research, Women and Performance, Total Theatre, Theatre/Public and Tessera. She is co-artistic director of Curious theatre company. Her solo performances include Family Hold Back, which has toured extensively in the UK, and internationally, including Sydney Opera House, Guling Street Avant-Garde Theater in Taipei and the Ke Center for the Contemporary Arts, Shanghai. With her company Curious, she has produced over 40 projects in a range of media including live performance, installation and film. The company s work has been presented and supported by such institutions as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Institute for Contemporary Art London, the British Council Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival; international conferences such as IETM, PSi and ATHE; and film festivals such as Winterthur, the London Short Film Festival and Hors Pistes at the Pompidou Center. Curious is produced and managed by Artsadmin, London. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Associate Professor (Teaching), Theater and Performance Studies ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS Associate Professor, Stanford University, California, (2011- present) Artistic Director, Curious International Ltd, (1996- present) Reader in Performance, MA Contemporary Performance Making MA School of Arts, Brunel University, ( ) Visiting Artist, Arizona State University, ( ) HONORS AND AWARDS Clayman Fellow, Cayman Institute of Gender Research ( ) Faculty Online Seed Grant,, VPOL (2013,) Community engagement grant, School of Humanities and Sciences (2013) For Performance Studies International performance program, British Council, UK (2013) SICA Arts Award, SICA, Stanford (2013) Chelsea Theatre Public Engagement commission, Chelsea Theatre, London (2012) Sica Arts Award, SICA, Stanford (2012) Page 1 of 5

2 RSC commission, RSC, Stratford Upon Avon (2011) Stanford France award for Falling in to Place/Body Memory project, Stanford/France (2011) Arts Council England Artist in Residence, ACE, and Colchester Arts Centre ( ) Arts Council England (East) as part of Live Art Collective East, Arts Council England (2010) National Review of Live Art anniversary commission, National Review of Live Art (2010) Arts Council England Touring award, Arts Council England (2009) Wellcome Trust Art Award, Wellcome Trust London (2008) BOARDS, ADVISORY COMMITTEES, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Co-director, Stanford University Founder member, Live Art Collective East Curatorial-editorial advisory board member, Winchester University Press Editorial board member, Body Space Technology, online journal, Brunel University Director, Curious performance company Curious is company in residence, Eastern region of the UK ( ) PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION Ph.D., Department of Theatre, Surrey, Visceral/Virtual Performance (2000) BA, University Ulster, English Literature and Theatre (1990) LINKS company website: placelessness.com Research & Scholarship CURRENT RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS Ongoing interest in proximity in performance (see Hill L. and Paris H. (2014) Performing Proximity. London: Palgrave Macmillan.) The work with Proximity considers anthropological concepts of proxemics within the context of performance studies. Specifically, it investigates distance in physical space between performers and audiences and how that distance or proximity impacts our encounters with one another. The book exemplifies my ongoing commitment to praxis, drawing on knowledge derived through the practice of performance and highlighting artistic works informed by critical inquiry. Two of the case studies examine collaborations with biological sciences exploring proximity in relation to the sense of smell and its connection with memory and in relation to the autonomic nervous system or the second brain. This work explores the importance of direct human contact and engagement in a digital age through its deep consideration of proximity and the senses, in relation to theatre and theatre pedagogy, underlining our commitment to live work. The book is written from the point of view of performers which, along with its reframing of proxemics, makes it a unique contribution to performance studies scholarship. Teaching COURSES Projects in Performance: TAPS 376 (Win) The Inside Story: TAPS 176N (Win) Theater and Performance Making: TAPS 101P, TAPS 371P (Win) Page 2 of 5

3 Intro to Directing and Devising Theatre: TAPS 101P (Win) Performance Making: TAPS 171, TAPS 371 (Aut) Projects in Performance: TAPS 376 (Win) Performance Making: TAPS 171, TAPS 371 (Aut) Projects in Performance: TAPS 376 (Win) Undergrad Performance Project: Oh What a Lovely War!: TAPS 122P (Win) Intro to Directing and Devising Theatre: TAPS 101P (Win) Performance Making: TAPS 171, TAPS 371 (Win) Projects in Performance: TAPS 376 (Win) Publications PUBLICATIONS Still. Moving Choreographic Dwelling edited by Schiller, G., Rubridge, S. Palgrave Macmillan.2014 Below the Surface Performance and Technology: Practices of Empowerment, Embodiment and Technicity Hill, H. edited by Broadhurst, S., Machon, J. Palgrave Macmillan.2012 The Smell of it. In Freeman, J. Blood, Sweat & Theory Research through Practice in Performance Middlesex University Press.2009 Curious Interview Machon, J. (Syn)aesthetics, Hill, L. London: Palgrave Macmillan.2009 Curious Journey Theatre/Public Paris.2008 Being Curious Performance Practices and Process Aston, E., Harris, G., London: Palgrave Macmillan.2008 Being Curious Performance Practices and Process, Hill, L. London: Palgrave Macmillan.2008 The Senses in Performance Contemporary Theatre Review 2007 Greenham Common. London: Artsadmin, Hill, L. Page 3 of 5

4 Commissioned by New Greenham Arts and Corn Exchange.2007 Helen Paris Curious Feminists Feminist Futures, Hill, L. Performance and Place. edited by, Hills, L. Too Close for Comfort Performance and Place edited by Hill, L., One to One We Love You: Reflections on Audiences, Hill, L. London: Goethe Institute.2005 On the Scent. New Statesman Millard, R., 2004 Introduction Talking Back to Science: Art, Science and the Personal Elwes, C., edited by Arends, B., Slater, V. London: Wellcome Trust.2004 On the Scent Talking Back to Science: Art, Science and The Personal, Hill, L., Bhalla, U. edited by Arends, B., Slater, V. London: The Wellcome Trust.2004 Guerilla Performance: How To Make a Living as an Artist edited by, Hill, L. London: Continuum.2004 On the Scent Performance Research, On Smell, Hill, L. London: Routledge.2003 A Sense of Wonder New Scientist Singh, S. 2003; 1777 ( ) Ontology of the Olfactory Tessera. U. Montreal Montreal.2002 Crossing Wires, Shifting Boundaries Women and Performance: a journal of Feminist Theory, Issue 26 edited by Bailes, S., Derno, M. NYU: New York.2002 One to One: Lone Journeys Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women edited by Goodman, L., de Gay, J. Bristol: Intellect.2002 Page 4 of 5

5 Guerilla Performance & Multimedia edited by Hill, L., London: Continuum.2001 Body Language Contemporary Visual Arts Magazine Ayres, R., 2000 Vena Amoris Live Art Magazine 2000 I never go anywhere I can t drive myself Performance Research, On Place, Hill, L. 1998; 3 (2) Page 5 of 5