Dawn Brandes
Assistant Professor
Email: dawn.brandes@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-1495
Mailing Address:
Room 524, Dal Arts Centre
6101 University Ave.,
PO Box 15000, Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2
Research Topics:- Theatre Studies
- Puppetry and Material Performance
- Performance Philosophy
- Contemporary Theatre
Education:
- BA, Dalhousie
MA, U. Alberta
PhD, Northwestern
Teaching:
- Puppets: Bringing Objects to Life (THEA4925)
- Topics in Theatre History: Site-Specific and Immersive Theatre (THEA4922)
- Contemporary Theatre (THEA4931)
- Modern Theatre (THEA3503)
- Writing About Stage and Screen (PERF1002)
Research and Creative Activity
Dawn specializes in contemporary puppet theatre for adults. Her scholarly work can be found in The Routledge Companion to Puppetry and Material Performance, Canadian Theatre Review, and Puppetry International. She is currently working on a manuscript version of her dissertation, Puppet Life and the Phenomenology of Consciousness.
Dawn is also the Executive Director of The Halifax Humanities Society, a local non-profit that provides free university-level Humanities courses to adults living on low incomes in HRM.