Senior Lecturer, School of English and Drama, Anglia Ruskin University
Vanessa is an artist scholar, researcher and lecturer in Contemporary Performance Practice. Vanessa's research specialises in Black feminist performance practices in the UK and US from the 1980s to the current day. Her research uses both practice-based and written approaches to challenge the imbalances of intersectional identities, speaking to contemporary struggles and anxieties about the performing Black body.
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