Rebecca Chaleff

Rebecca Chaleff is a doctoral candidate in the department of Theater and Performance Studies at Stanford University, minoring in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Her dissertation project, Choreographic Legacies: Future Histories of Performance, analyzes how Western imperialism haunts dance histories that continue to shape performances of race, gender, and sexuality. Her writing has been published in TDR/The Drama Review and Performance Research. As a dancer, Rebecca has had the pleasure of performing with Pat Catterson, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Repertory Understudy Group, Douglas Dunn and Dancers, and the Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, among others, and is currently a member of Molissa Fenley and Company and GERALDCASELDANCE.