Researchers - Dr Janet O'Shea

Janet O'Shea is a Lecturer in Dance Studies at the University of Surrey. She is a bharata natyam practitioner who trained for over fifteen years in the style of T. Balasaraswati. She holds a PhD. in Dance History and Theory from the University of California, Riverside and an M.A. in Tamil from the University of California at Berkeley. She has written articles on bharata natyam which appear in journals such as Asian Theatre Journal, Dance Research Journal, and the Drama Review. Her forthcoming book entitled At Home in the World? Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage is to be published by Wesleyan University Press.