This book comprises of key articles from the 2023 AusAct: The Australian Actor Training Conference that addresses innovative and fresh discussions post-COVID on how the Performing Arts can come out of these times of crisis and maintain their survival. Each chapter looks at a different aspect of the performing arts and discusses our programs and the unique and significant role acting and performance teachers have in our education sector, and their clear contribution to the international creative economies.
Dr Robert Lewis is a Lecturer in Performing Arts at Charles Sturt University, Australia. He previously lectured in the Theatre Program at the University of Tasmania, Australia, and has also taught at St Martins Youth Theatre, VCA, Collarts, and NIDA Open and Studio programs. He has studied theatre at the University of Tasmania (UTAS), earned a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) at Monash University, Australia, Secondary Education at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) and a Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art (Voice Studies) at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). His PhD, from UTAS, focused on integrative practices and intercultural performance training, and also completed a Certification in Integrative Studies at the One Voice Centre, New York. Robert is also the founder and convenor of the AusAct: Australasian Actor Training Conference.Dr Soseh Yekanians is a graduate from the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia, and The Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York, USA. In 2012, she was awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship to embark on a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) in Perth. She is also a published author in children's literature, and has authored a monograph titled Finding Identity through Directing. Soseh is currently a Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts and Course Director of the Bachelor of Arts (with specialisations) at Charles Sturt University.
