Sally Jane Norman Explained

Sally Jane Norman
Thesis1 Title:La Mise en scène du corps: vers une nouvelle plastique scénique, 1900-1930
Thesis1 Year:1990

Sally Jane Norman is a New Zealand–French performing arts historian, and holds the Denis Adam Chair in Music at Victoria University of Wellington, where she is director of the New Zealand School of Music. Norman is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, and the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. She researchers performance technologies and new kinds of performance.

Academic career

Norman gained Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at the University of Canterbury. She then attended the University of Paris 3, where she completed a Doctorat de 3ème cycle and Doctorat D’Etat from the Institut D’Etudes Théâtrales, with a thesis titled La Mise en scène du corps: vers une nouvelle plastique scénique, 1900-1930.[1] Norman was Director General of the Ecole européenne supérieure de l’image, and then the inaugural Director of the Culture Lab at Newcastle University.[2] Norman then joined the faculty of the University of Sussex, where she was Professor of Performance Technologies, and co-director of the Sussex Humanities Lab. In 2017 Norman was appointed the Director of the New Zealand School of Music, and is the Denis Adam Chair in Music at Victoria University of Wellington.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Norman is a New Zealander, and grew up in Tītahi Bay.[9] She publishes in both French and English, and is a dual citizen of France and New Zealand. Norman is a performing arts historian, and is interested in performance technology, notation, and new kinds of performance.

Honours and awards

Norman is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, and the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts.

External links

Notes and References

  1. La Mise en scène du corps: vers une nouvelle plastique scénique, 1900-1930. Norman. Sally. Thèse de doctorat. Paris 3. 1990.
  2. Web site: 2012-04-02 . Sally Jane Norman . 2024-06-05 . Leonardo Electronic Almanac . en-US.
  3. Web site: News - New Director For New Zealand School of Music . 2024-06-05 . NZ Musician . en.
  4. Web site: University of Sussex . Professor Sally Jane Norman . 2024-06-05 . profiles.sussex.ac.uk.
  5. Web site: Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington . Academic profile: Professor Sally Jane Norman . 2024-06-05 . people.wgtn.ac.nz.
  6. Web site: 2017-08-15 . Te Kōkī NZSM's new leader . 2024-06-05 . RNZ . en-nz.
  7. Web site: The New Zealand Centre - Peking University . 2024-06-05 . nzc.sfl.pku.edu.cn.
  8. Web site: 2023-06-26 . Proposed staff cuts at the New Zealand School of Music . 2024-06-05 . RNZ . en-nz.
  9. Web site: Mackintosh . Christine . 12 June 2017 . Who Got That Job? Director, New Zealand School of Music (Te Kōkī) .