Nazli Akhtari
Nazli Akhtari is a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Drama, Theater, and Performance Studies at University of Toronto. Her research explores digital performance at its intersections with media history, archive, and Iranian cultural identity and social memory. She has a forthcoming article on Performance and Animal Sacrifice with the Global Performance Studies journal. An alumni of the BFA program in Theatre Performance at Simon Fraser University’s School for the Contemporary Arts, Nazli has worked in theatre, performance, and multi-media projects in festivals and venues including Videofag, Digifest: International Digital Festival in Toronto, Art Neuro at Fremont Abbey Arts Centre in Seattle, Berlin’s 2014 Survival: International Performance Festival in Germany, Russian Hall, Alternative Creation Studios, CBC Studies, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, and Club PuSh in Vancouver. Most recently, Nazli has worked with The Biting School as dramaturg in Book of Kings, an ongoing Research and Creation residency supported by the Canada Council for the Arts at the Dance Centre’s DanceLab series in Vancouver, BC.