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Lisa Doolittle

Lisa Doolittle is an associate professor in Theatre Arts at the University of Lethbridge. She initially trained as a contemporary dancer and worked as an independent dancer/choreographer and multidisciplinary artist in Canada and Italy. At Wesleyan University, where she obtained her MALS in movement studies, her research on fitness and female bodies focused on movement as an enculturation process. She was a co-founder of the internationally distributed Dance Connection magazine and was a contributing editor for five years. She currently curates an ongoing dance and physical theatre performance series, which integrates visiting professional artists into the academic curriculum. Her publications focus on Canadian dance, intercultural performance, and theatre for social change.