Aleksandar Dunđerović () is a professor of performing arts, professional theatre director, published author, and establish leader in higher education. He is Director of Centre for Interdisciplinary Arts , associate director of research in performing arts at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. He served as a head of department of Drama and Theatre Studies at The

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, Ireland.

Biography

Dr Aleksandar Dundjerović was born in

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where he studied theatre directing at FDU, University of Arts and moved to Canada in early 90s. As a theatre director he worked in the past 20 years in ex

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), United States, Canada, United Kingdom,

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and

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. From 1995 he moved to UK where he studied with Professor

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and obtained PhD. in Theatre Studies from

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. In 2000 he founded Theatre Kolectiv in England. Before taking up a post of Head of Department in Drama and Theatre Studies in Cork in 2011 he was teaching at Royal Holloway College, Liverpool Hope University, Brunel University (London). In 2005 Dr Dundjerovic became a senior lecturer in theatre performance at The University of Manchester, UK where he was running theatre practice program. His research focuses on Contemporary Theatre Performance (interdisciplinary performance, directing and devising), political theatre, Latin American Theatre, and the cross-overs between film and theatre. He is an author of number of books and articles on theatre and film directing and producing. He was visiting professor at Theatre Postgraduate Program at

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in 2007. In 2008-9 he received prestigious Leverhulme Research Award to do a research on the Brazilian Contemporary Theatre. He is a contributor to 2010 The Routledge Drama Anthology and Sourcebook on Contemporary Performance. He lives in

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Plays

*Desire Under the Elms (1992) *Faust Montage (1993) *Hamletmachine (1994) *Christmas Carol re mix (1997) *Cabaret Europe (2000, 2005) *Ubu Reconstructed (2002) *The Trial of Harold Pinter (2006) *The Cherry Orchard (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) *Club New World Order (2009) *The Glass Menagerie (2011) *Death of A Salesman (2013)

Works

* Theatre Management (1993) * The Cinema of Robert Lepage (Wallflower Press, 2003) * The Theatricality of Robert Lepage (McGill-Queen University Press, 2007) * Robert Lepage – Routledge Performance Practitioners (London/New York: Routledge, 2009)

Gallery

Image:Aleksandar_Dundjerovic1.jpg, Aleksandar Dunđerović, Knjaževsko-srpski teatar, 2009 Image:PosterClubNewWorldorder.jpg, H. Pinter, H. Muller, Platon Club New World Order

References

External links

Theatre Kolectiv

The University of Manchester

Knjaževsko-srpski teatar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunderovic, Aleksandar Living people Academics of Brunel University London Academics of Liverpool Hope University Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London Academics of University College Cork Academics of the University of Manchester Alumni of Royal Holloway, University of London British people of Serbian descent Serbian expatriates in Ireland Serbian expatriates in the United Kingdom Serbian theatre directors People from Belgrade Year of birth missing (living people)