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André Lepecki (1965, Brazil) started his professional life as a cultural anthropologist writer for Portuguese newspapers and magazines, such as Diário de Notícias (1990/92) and Público (1991-95). Drawn into dance by friends-artists Francisco Camacho and Vera Mantero in 1989 he came to witness the surge of Portuguese dance, both as an insider in productions and soon as a critic for the weekly rock magazine Blitz (1990-1993).

André Lepecki is a curator, dramaturg, writer, and co-creator based in New York city. He is currently Associate Professor in Performance Studies at New York University where he teaches courses on critical theory, continental philosophy, performance studies, dance studies, and experimental dramaturgy. He graduated in cultural anthropology at the New University of Lisbon. He was a post-graduate fellow at the Center for Sociological Studies at New University of Lisbon between 1990-3. He obtained his Masters in Arts degree in 1995 and his Doctorate in 2000 both at New York University. In the Fall of 2000 he joined the Department of Performance Studies at NYU as an Assistant Professor. In 2006 he was promoted to tenured Associate Professor. Lepecki has received grants and scholarships from the Gulbenkian Foundation, the Luso-American Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation (as a member of the team "Conversations in Choreography"). In the 1980s he was dramaturg for Vera Mantero and João Fiadeiro. In the 1990s he was dramaturg for Meg Stuart and Damaged Goods, and also for Francisco Camacho. He co- directed with Bruce Mau the video- installation STRESS (MAK, Wien, 2000), and co-directed with Rachael Swain the video-installation proXy (Performance Space, Sydney, 2003). With Eleonora Fabião he co-created the performance series Wording (2004-6). In 2006 he directed for Haus der Kunst Munchen the only authorized re-doing of Allan Kaprow's 1959 work 18 Happenings in 6 Parts. He has curated events for Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), and Tanz in August (Berlin). He has lectured at the University of Ghent, Brown University, Tate Modern, TanzQuartier Wien, among other academic and cultural venues in Europe, the US, and Brazil. He was a member of the board of directors of the Society of Dance History Scholars, and of Performance Studies International. He is member of the editorial board of the journal Performance Research. He contributes regularly for several art publications in the US, Brazil, and Europe, including The Drama Review, and Performance Research. Featured lectures and public talks at Tate Modern, University of Ghent, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Brown University, TanzQuartier Wien, among others. Heis the editor of the anthologies Of the Presence of the Body (Wesleyan University Press, 2004) and The Senses in Performance (with Sally Banes -- Routledge, 2006). He is the author of Exhausting Dance: performance and the politics of movement (Routledge 2006). He is the curator of the 2008 and 2009 editions of the IN TRANSIT festival at haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. His current book project focuses on the relationship between dance, philosophy, and sculpture.