Janet Werther

Teaching Fellow

Photo by Angela Jimenez

Janet Werther is a Level II Ph.D
student in Theatre at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her research focuses on
theatres as spaces of intergenerational queer exchange, embodiment and
identification in both closeted and contemporary queer performance, and dance
and embodiment in musical theatre. Her article “Mary Wigman: Expressionist,
feminist, theatre artist” was published in Studies
in Musical Theatre. She is also a research fellow through the CUNY Center
for Humanities, collaborating with Danspace Project on an upcoming performance
platform for the Fall 2016 season. Janet continues to teach dance to children
and teens in Brooklyn, NY and maintains a performance practice with the Ballez
Company. She will be performing with the Ballez at La Mama, ETC this spring as
part of the La Mama Moves! Dance Festival.