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Allana Lindgren is Professor and Dean of Fine Arts at the University of Victoria, specializing in dance and theatre history with a focus on Canadian cultural contexts. Her academic leadership spans editorial roles for major reference works and national research initiatives.
- BA (Honours) in English Literature, University of Victoria
- MA in Dance History, York University
- PhD in Theatre History, University of Toronto
Her research explores embodied modernism, Canadian cultural diplomacy, and oral history methodologies in performance studies. Key projects examine dance as political expression during the Nazi Olympics, feminist choreography in 1970s Canada, and Franziska Boas's civil rights activism through dance therapy. Her methodological innovation bridges archival research with embodied practice.
Recent publications reveal a sustained focus on Canadian identity formation through performance, with increasing emphasis on multiculturalism and decolonial perspectives. Her 2021-2022 edited collections analyze dance pluralism and performance documentation as tools for cultural dialogue.
Lindgren co-leads the SSHRC-funded "Gatherings" Partnership Development Grant, creating national archives of Canadian performance history. Her community engagement includes founding the Oral History Dance Project and curating public dialogues for the Canada Dance Festival and Dance Victoria.
As Dance Subject Editor for the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism and General Editor of The Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernist Dance, she shapes international discourse on embodied modernity. Her service includes leadership roles in the Dance Studies Association and Society of Dance History Scholars.
