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Chirine al-Ansary

Title Storyteller and Performance Artist

About

Bio

Chirine El Ansary is an accomplished storyteller, performance artist, and researcher, born in Cairo. She holds a PhD in Practice-as-Research and an MA in Performance Making from Goldsmiths, University of London, Department of Theatre and Performance. Chirine also studied theatre at the American University in Cairo and the Jacques Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris. Her work delves into the fusion of words and movement to create immersive atmospheres, evoke deep emotions, and craft vivid imagery. Central to her performances is the exploration of how people interact with the spaces they occupy, as well as the delicate boundary between the ordinary and the extraordinary, memory and imagination.

Workshops

Arts in the City

This module explores this year how the arts shape socio-cultural urban life through two lenses: visual arts and performance arts.