DrKate Hunter
(She/her)
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
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- Senior LecturerFaculty of Arts and Education/School of Communication and Creative Arts
- +61 3 924 43076 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
TEACHING EXPERTISE
Actor training
Physical theatre; Suzuki Method, ensemble technique
Devising
Viewpoints and composition
Texts, textual analysis, dramatic plot, genre
Directing and dramaturgy
Contemporary performance processes
Site-specific performance
Creativity, creative processes
Creative arts research methods; practice-led research methods
I have had a 25-year career as an actor and director, where I gained expertise in physical theatre, somatic body-based practices, and movement and dance teaching and therapy. Drawing from this embodied practice, I prioritize the body as a vital tool for learning, leveraging its kinaesthetic and perceptive abilities to foster skill development, resilience, and knowledge sharing. In line with Deakin's core values of excellence, inclusivity, and ethical conduct, my aim is to cultivate a supportive and safe learning environment that empowers students to make decisions centred around their own learning and respects the diverse range of cognitive, expressive, social, and physical abilities within the student cohort.
Physical theatre; Suzuki Method, ensemble technique
Devising
Viewpoints and composition
Texts, textual analysis, dramatic plot, genre
Directing and dramaturgy
Contemporary performance processes
Site-specific performance
Creativity, creative processes
Creative arts research methods; practice-led research methods
I have had a 25-year career as an actor and director, where I gained expertise in physical theatre, somatic body-based practices, and movement and dance teaching and therapy. Drawing from this embodied practice, I prioritize the body as a vital tool for learning, leveraging its kinaesthetic and perceptive abilities to foster skill development, resilience, and knowledge sharing. In line with Deakin's core values of excellence, inclusivity, and ethical conduct, my aim is to cultivate a supportive and safe learning environment that empowers students to make decisions centred around their own learning and respects the diverse range of cognitive, expressive, social, and physical abilities within the student cohort.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONFEATUREDDancing communities; Applying improvisation and composition
- COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISIONFEATUREDUnsettling 'Presence': How Hauntological Dramaturgy Informs Our Relationship With Life and Death
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONHow aesthetics of dance film/cinematography can advance development in contemporary society
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONRage and Grief; working with queer bodies in site specific performance work
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONDirector | Mother | Outlaw: Counter-narratives in theatre directing and mothering
- COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISIONIn Plain Sight: Australian Women Directors and their rehearsal room practices in the contemporary theatre context