Joanna Settle
Joanna Settle is an award-winning director and arts educator based in Abu Dhabi. Settle is known for creating and curating contemporary performance across multiple disciplines: opera, theatre, performance art, cabaret and installation. Her work and her teaching pedagogy approach performance making as a method of inquiry.
Recent productions include the world premiere of Sky on Swings, a new opera presented by Opera Philadelphia; Noura by Heather Raffo presented by Washington, DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi and NYC’s Playwright’s Horizons; and most recently, Al Raheel | Departure, a new performance piece commissioned by The Arts Center and Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, co-created with Emirati writer Reem Almenhali. Upcoming projects include the world premiere of 10 Days in a Madhouse by Rene Orth and Hannah Moscovitch for Opera Philadelphia, and a work of performative installation titled Salt Lake Excerpt, co-commissioned with Blane De St Croix for NYUAD Art Gallery.
Recent productions include the world premiere of Sky on Swings, a new opera presented by Opera Philadelphia; Noura by Heather Raffo presented by Washington, DC’s Shakespeare Theatre Company, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi and NYC’s Playwright’s Horizons; and most recently, Al Raheel | Departure, a new performance piece commissioned by The Arts Center and Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, co-created with Emirati writer Reem Almenhali. Upcoming projects include the world premiere of 10 Days in a Madhouse by Rene Orth and Hannah Moscovitch for Opera Philadelphia, and a work of performative installation titled Salt Lake Excerpt, co-commissioned with Blane De St Croix for NYUAD Art Gallery.
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10 Days in a Madhouse
