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      Dr Kene Igweonu

      PhD, FHEA, FG(UK), LF Fellow
      ROLE: Faculty Deputy Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange)
      DEPARTMENT: Faculty Leadership
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 5315
      EMAIL: K.Igweonu@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Dr Kene Igweonu is Deputy Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange) for the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries at Middlesex University. Before he joined the University in 2019, he was Director of Knowledge Exchange and Enterprise for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Canterbury Christ Church University.


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      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        As Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries, Dr Igweonu is principally involved, along with other colleagues, in the leadership of the Faculty. However, he maintains his learning and teaching interests through PhD supervision, external examination, and occasional lectures and workshops on modules relevant to his expertise as an actor trainer and practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education.

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Dr Igweonu's research and publication interests are in actor and performance training, directing, black British theatre, theatre and performance in Africa and its Diasporas, as well as the Feldenkrais Method in health, wellbeing and performance training.

        Dr Igweonu has published extensively on African theatre and performance. He is founding convener of the African and Caribbean Theatre and Performance Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR). He was also founding editor of Platform: Journal of Theatre and Performing Arts: a refereed journal that is devoted to publishing the work of postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers, and entry-level academics in the fields of theatre and the performing arts.

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        From posture to acture: developing awareness in movement and performer training in UK Higher Education using the Feldenkrais Method ®

        Igweonu, Kene (2019) From posture to acture: developing awareness in movement and performer training in UK Higher Education using the Feldenkrais Method ®. Feldenkrais Research Journal , 6 . pp. 1-13. ISSN 1817-4000

        Dynamics of distancing in Nigerian drama: a functional approach to Metatheatre. By Nadia Anwar. Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag, 2016. Pp. xiv + 256. £26.86/€29.90 Pb. [Book review]

        Igweonu, Kene (2017) Dynamics of distancing in Nigerian drama: a functional approach to Metatheatre. By Nadia Anwar. Stuttgart: ibidem-Verlag, 2016. Pp. xiv + 256. £26.86/€29.90 Pb. [Book review]. Theatre Research International , 42 (2). pp. 204-205. ISSN 0307-8833

        Stanislavsky in Nigeria: convergences and counterpoints in actor training and practice

        Igweonu, Kene (2017) Stanislavsky in Nigeria: convergences and counterpoints in actor training and practice. In: Stanislavsky in the World: The System and its Transformations Across Continents. Pitches, Jonathan and Aquilina, Stefan , eds. Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, London, pp. 277-289. ISBN 9781472587886

        'The tree has four or five leaves': Talawa, Britishness and the first all-Black production of Waiting for Godot in Britain

        Igweonu, Kene (2016) 'The tree has four or five leaves': Talawa, Britishness and the first all-Black production of Waiting for Godot in Britain. In: Staging Beckett in Great Britain. Tucker, David and McTighe, Trish , eds. Bloomsbury Methuen, London, pp. 141-155. ISBN 9781474240178

        Plays one

        Igweonu, Kene (2016) Plays one. Kraft Books, Ibadan. ISBN 9789789183548

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      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        Dr Igweonu is the current President of the African Theatre Association (AfTA). He has previously served on the executive committee of the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) and was Chair of its New Scholars’ Prize Committee.

        Dr Igweonu was a member of the HEA Subject Advisory Panel for Dance, Drama and Music. He is a subject reviewer for South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and also reviewed applications for the HEA Teaching Development Grants. He has been a nominator for the Inamori Foundation Japan, nominating entries for the 2015 and 2019 Kyoto Prize for Arts and Philosophy (Theatre, Cinema).

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