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Brent Blair

Professor of theatre practice in voice and movement and director of theatre and social change
  • USC School of Dramatic Arts
Office: (323) 356-2552
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Expertise Summary

Expert in Theatre & Therapy, Theatre in Education and Theatre & Social Change

Expertise

  • theatre and social change
  • labor exploitation, immigrant rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, prison justice also called "Applied Theatre Arts"
  • theatre of the oppressed (senior practitioner)
  • theatre and therapy, drug/alcohol recovery, collective trauma
  • theatre in education
  • theatre for instructional purposes in K-12 classrooms
  • international social change theatre
  • voice training for actors

Languages

  • French
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Additional Information

  • International work in Africa (Rwanda), Asia (Afghanistan, India), Europe (Ukraine)
  • Teach Global Leadership Fellows of the World Economic Forum techniques in Theatre of the Oppressed, presented twice at the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Theatre and Social Change
  • Published articles on theatre work with “at-risk youth”, prison populations, collective trauma