Nicolas Shannon Savard (they/them)

Nicolas Shannon Savard, PhD (they/them) is a genderqueer performance artist-scholar and educator currently living and teaching in Columbus, OH

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@josesolismayen I've heard Women & Performance (it's moved toward intersectional, feminist, and queer work in recent years) and Etudes are particularly supportive of early career scholars.
Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism might be a good fit.

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@josesolismayen My knowledge is limited to theatre academia, but my first two publications while I was in grad school were in Texas Theatre Journal and Theatre Topics. I recently worked with Journal of Consent Based Performance--very generous feedback and transparent process.

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@drkellyallen Now, I ask myself, "Who is depending on you to work all hours just to prove you're 'good enough' to be here?"

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@drkellyallen When I started grad school in 2016 I met thoughts of imposter syndrome with "wow! I get to work with and learn from all these people who are way smarter than me!" By the time I defended my diss. on trans-queer performance, it changed, became more critical, more political.

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@voxjohsu Sending solidarity from Ohio--had half a dozen similar bills this session. My question every time has been... how am I supposed to "maintain political, social, and cultural neutrality" as a visibly trans instructor when my own humanity is a hotly debated "culture war" issue?

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/SIw2w1jLlZ

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@liazurloewen I kind of love that as a verbal affirmation of one another's learning.

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Just finished drafting my course proposals for the spring, one of which has the working title "Gendered Expression: Feminist Activism, Art, and Performance" and I see "lesbian dance theory" is trending. Thanks for drumming up interest, Rep. Boebert! #transPhD

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Last Gasp, most accessible Split Britches work to date as it could be streamed to a much wider audience on zoom

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Welcome to Look Back in Glitter: live tweeted!
Kicking us off is Kelly Aliano: examining the legacy of Charles Ludlam
#glitter #athe22

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Ben Gillespe reflects on Split Britches
Meeting Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver at LA Mama during the run of Retro

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Split Britches exploding concepts of aging queer bodies.

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Where is the study of their work post-1990s? How have their works and anesthetics continued to grow?
Thinking about aging as a part of queer experience and identity

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Looking back at choreographer John Bernd
And the Legacies of artists lost to HIV-AIDS

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Janet Werther's words being read by Bess Rowen