Dr Gillian Arrighi
Senior Lecturer - Creative and Performing Arts
School of Creative Industries (Drama)
- Email:gillian.arrighi@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 5007
Circus attractions
In the first study of its kind, Dr Gillian Arrighi is investigating the benefits of recreational circus training
Dr Gillian Arrighi's work space does not resemble the stereotypical office of an academic. There are theatre masks on the walls, juggling sticks on the desk and a large box in one corner overflows with a felt hat, a fox stole and myriad other items of costuming.
Arrighi is a lecturer and early career researcher in the School of Creative Arts - one of three Schools within the Faculty of Education and Arts.
She spent more than 20 years as a performer and performance collaborator in travelling theatre and working in the music industry before returning to university to study a Master of Creative Arts in 2002. Now she is carving out a new career in academia.
Although not a circus performer herself, Arrighi's interest in touring forms of popular entertainment prompted her to devote her PhD thesis to a study of the FitzGerald Brothers' Circus, the largest circus working in Australasia at the close of the 19th century.
In researching her PhD she recognised a gap in the historical narrative relating to the role of children in the entertainment industry during that period. Further primary research in that area fed into her latest line of research, which is about the phenomenon of youth circus in Australia over the past 40 years.
"There has been an explosion of community-based circus and circus skills groups since the 1970s - groups like The Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Cirkidz and Flipside," Arrighi explains.
"What I am investigating is the social significance of this; why they have proliferated and why parents are keen for their children to engage in this type of activity."
Anecdotal evidence emerging from Arrighi's work points to the inclusive nature of circus and its combination of physical and mental challenge as reasons for its popularity.
"Circus training is a hybrid; both sporty and creative. It produces imaginative and creative outcomes as much as it develops highly skilled physical proficiencies," she says.
"It is community-based and generally performed in an environment that is non-competitive and non-judgmental."
She has received testimonies from parents about the perceived therapeutic benefits of circus training within this environment: from boosting self-esteem to physical improvements in children suffering from autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, nervous conditions and executive function disorders.
Arrighi says there is a strong historical connection between the indigenous community and circus in Australia, while her research has also uncovered evidence of circus skills successfully being used in work with disadvantaged young people, including refugees and homeless youth.
Once this foundational study into the cultural history of youth circus in Australia has been completed, Arrighi hopes to pursue further research into the health and wellbeing advantages of circus training. There is great potential for an interdisciplinary study, possibly linking with physical education experts from the Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition - a collaborative research enterprise supported by the Faculty of Education and Arts and the Faculty of Health.
"This is a subject that begs further investigation," she says.
"We have anecdotal evidence that circus helps build strong bodies and minds, enhances creativity and can benefit people who have been marginalised, but there has been no close study undertaken to validate these claims.
"What I think is really significant is the arts/health nexus and the larger question of what impact creative engagement has on everyday life."
Circus attractions
In the first study of its kind, Gillian Arrighi is investigating the benefits of recreational circus training
Career Summary
Biography
I am a Senior Lecturer in Creative and Performing Arts. My significant output of published research is in the fields of Circus Studies, Childhood Studies, and Performance Pedagogy, whilst my teaching portfolio encompasses practice, theory, and histories of theatre and performance, for the Creative and Performing Arts major strand of the Bachelor of Arts.
Originally from New Zealand, I relocated to Sydney to do undergraduate studies at the University of New South Wales and a subsequent three-year Diploma of Acting (1984). I spent many years working as a performance collaborator and performer including a decade with the Sydney-based performance group, The Cahoots Company whose creative output spanned indoor and outdoor performance works for museums, festivals, public authorities, high school audiences, and theatre spaces. My interest in dance led me to Spain where I studied Flamenco dance (1985) and upon returning to Australia I continued dance studies and performance for a further decade. My practical experience of contemporary live performance and industry practice also extends to the music industry where I worked for almost seven years developing an understanding of all aspects of the contemporary music industry. During that time I worked for six years as editor of the AustralAsian Music Industry Directory and three years (concurrently) as the editor of the Australian Sports Industry Directory.
In 2003 I completed a practice-led-research Master of Creative Arts that focused on the neutral mask and its pedagogical worth to performers and in 2007 I completed a PhD thesis about the FitzGerald Brothers' Circus, the largest circus working throughout Australasia at the close of the nineteenth century. I received my first appointment (Lecturer) at the University of Newcastle in 2008.
Research Expertise
Keywords: Circus Studies; Popular Entertainment Studies (Victorian and Edwardian eras, particularly in Australia and New Zealand); Childhood Studies; Role play and simulation education in interdisciplinary education contexts; Improvisation and play as pedagogical paradigms for creative production; Masks as a pedagogical paradigm for the gestural and physical training of performers.
My contribution to the emerging field of Circus Studies is demonstrated through journal articles, conference presentations, book chapters, and a monograph, whilst my contribution to the newly emerging field of Popular Entertainments is demonstrated in my co-editorship of the peer reviewed academic journal Popular Entertainment Studies, contribution to related conferences (both as convenor and as presenter), and the book A World of Popular Entertainments (Cambridge Scholars, 2012) which I co-edited. In 2008 I received a Strategic Pilot Grant to investigate the role of children in the entertainment industry. That research trajectory has drawn me into a global network of researchers and the production of an edited volume published in 2014 by Palgrave Macmillan, Children and Entertainment: the participation of youth in the entertainment industry (G. Arrighi and V. Emeljanow, eds.). A subsequent external ARC grant for the e-Research project AusStage: Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts has enabled me to develop research in the e-Humanities within a research network that extends to researchers from 18 different Australian Universities. In 2011 I was invited to join the prestigious Emerging Research Leaders Programme at UoN (2011-2012), and in 2014 I was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the Ransom Center for the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship Endowment, to research the contribution of child performers to the North American entertainment industry.
Teaching Expertise
Contemporary performance and new media technologies.
Devising performance.
Contemporary performance practice.
Popular entertainments.
Australian performance histories.
Performer pedagogies (Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Lecoq, Copeau, Leigh).
Administrative Expertise
Discipline Convenor, Creative and Performing Arts, 2014
RHD convenor, Creative and Performing Arts, 2013-present
Hons and RHD convenor, Creative and Performing Arts, Callaghan and Ourimbah, 2012
Discipline convenor, Drama, Callaghan, 2011
Honours and RHD convenor, Drama, 2010-2011
Chair, Research Training Committee, School of Drama, Fine Art and Music, 2010
Collaborations
My collaborative research interests span performance history and historiography (Circus studies, Childhood studies, Popular Entertainments); the application of performance within interdisciplinary contexts; and e-research.
Performance histories: A research initiative into the contribution of children to the transnational entertainment industries of the UK and Australasia was commenced in late-2008 with Emeritus Professor Victor Emeljanow and is ongoing.
Applied performance: Two UoN Teaching and Learning Research Project Grants (2012, $10,000 and 2013 $10,000) are funding creative practice-led research into role-play simulation and professional communication with an interdisciplinary team of researchers drawn from Creative and Performing Arts, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery, Communications, Occupational Therapy, and Physiotherapy.
E-Research: AusStage: Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts. During the current ARC LIEF-funded phase four, researchers in Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Newcastle (Callaghan) are trialling visualisation and mapping outcomes for their research into live performance in the greater Hunter region (with Assoc Prof David Watt).
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Newcastle
- Master of Creative Arts, University of Newcastle
- Graduate Certificate Practice of Tertiary Teaching, University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Animals and performance
- Acting theories and pedagogy
- Contemporary performance practices
- Contemporary circus and physical theatre
- Youth circus and social circus
- Popular entertainments
- Victorian & Edwardian popular entertainments
- Role play and simulation pedagogies
- Circus studies
- Children in entertainment
- Performance and intermediality
- Australian performance histories
- Masks in training and performance
Languages
- English (Mother)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 190404 | Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies | 100 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
| Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|
| Senior Lecturer - Creative and Performing Arts | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
| Senior Lecturer - Creative and Performing Arts | University of Newcastle School of Creative Arts Australia |
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/01/2013 - | RHD Convenor | University of Newcastle Creative and Performing Arts Australia |
| 1/02/2012 - 1/03/2013 |
RHD and Hons convenor (Callaghan and Ourimbah) |
University of Newcastle (Callaghan and Ourimbah) Australia |
| 1/01/2012 - 1/06/2013 | Conference Co-Convenor | Another World of Popular Entertainments International Conference Australia |
| 1/07/2011 - 1/12/2011 | Discipline Convenor | University of Newcastle Drama Australia |
| 1/05/2011 - 1/07/2011 | Visiting Fellow | The University of Warwick Theatre and Performing Studies United Kingdom |
| 1/07/2010 - 1/07/2012 | ADSA Secretary | Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA) Australia |
| 1/06/2010 - 1/12/2010 | Chair - Research Training Committee | University of Newcastle School of Drama, Fine Art and Music Australia |
| 1/07/2009 - | Executive Board | Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies Australia |
| 1/01/2009 - | Editorial Board - Popular Entertainment Studies e-Journal | Popular Entertainment Studies e-Journal Australia |
| 1/09/2008 - 1/06/2009 | Conference Co-Convenor | 'A World of Popular Entertainments' International Conference Australia |
| 1/01/2003 - | Membership - Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies | Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies Australia |
Membership
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/01/2011 - | Membership - American Society For Theatre Research | American Society For Theatre Research United States |
| 1/01/2006 - | Membership - Australian Circus and Physical Theatre Association | Australian Circus and Physical Theatre Association Australia |
| 1/01/2004 - | Membership - International Federation for Theatre Research | International Federation for Theatre Research Australia |
Professional appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 1/05/1997 - 1/05/1999 | Editor, Australian Sports Industry | Immedia! Pty Ltd Australia |
| 1/03/1996 - 1/09/2002 | Editor, Australasian Music Industry Directory | Immedia! Pty Ltd Music Industry- Publications and Public Relations Australia |
| 1/01/1988 - 1/12/1999 | Actor and Manager | Cahoots Theatre Company Creative Arts Practitioner and Business Manager Australia |
Awards
Recipient
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2014 |
Research Fellowship in the Humanities Harry Ransom Centre for the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin |
Research Award
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2013 |
Mid Career Research Fellowship $15,000 University of Newcastle |
| 2013 |
UoN Teaching & Learning Research Project Grant $10,000 University of Newcastle |
| 2012 |
UoN Teaching & Learning Research Project Grant $10,000 University of Newcastle |
| 2004 |
Australian Post Graduate Award, PhD Scholarship University of Newcastle |
Invitations
Contributor
| Year | Title / Rationale |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Circus Futures Forum |
| 2014 | Cross-over artists: the international careers of early twentieth-century theatre artists between stage, microphone and camera |
Keynote Speaker
| Year | Title / Rationale |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
Victorian Arts Centre: Entertaining children; children's employment in the entertainment industry, Australia, Britain and New Zealand, 1885-1920 Organisation: Victorian Arts Centre Description: Research presentation |
Participant
| Year | Title / Rationale |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
Politics, Performance and Popular Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain Organisation: Lancaster and Birmingham Universities Description: Conference presentation |
| 2011 |
IFTR, Osaka, Japan Organisation: IFTR Description: Conference presentation - non published |
| 2011 |
American Society for Theatre Research Organisation: ASTR Description: Conference presentation |
Speaker
| Year | Title / Rationale |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
New Directions in Circus Research, Cente for Creative Arts, La Trobe University Organisation: La Trobe University and ACAPTA Description: Public symposium: research presentation |
| 2011 |
University of British Columbia, Dept of Theatre and Film Organisation: University of British Columbia Description: "Fit, Strong and Full of Confidence" |
| 2011 |
University of Toronto, Faculty of Physical Education and Health Organisation: Univesity of Toronto Description: "Fit, Strong and Full of Confidence" |
| 2011 |
University of Warwick, UK, Theatre and Performance Studies Organisation: University of Warwick, UK Description: Research Seminar, 'Fit, Strong and Full of Confidence: Youth Circus in Australia' |
Thesis Examinations
| Year | Level | Discipline | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | PHD | Arts | Charles Sturt University |
| 2012 | Honours | Arts | Macquarie University |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (4 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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| 2015 | Arrighi G, The FitzGerald Brothers' Circus : Spectacle, Identity, and Nationhood at the Australian Circus, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 262 (2015) [A1] | ||
| 2014 | Arrighi GA, Emeljanow VE, Entertaining Children: the participation of youth in the entertainment industry, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 250 (2014) [A3] | ||
| 2012 | Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, A World of Popular Entertainments: An Edited Volume of Critical Essays, Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle upon Tyne, 279 (2012) [A3] | ||
| 2010 | Arrighi G, The Neutral Mask: Its Origins and Its Applications to the Creative Processes of the Actor, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbrucken, Germany, 99 (2010) [A2] | ||
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Chapter (15 outputs)
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| 2017 | Arrighi G, 'Celebrating Childhood on the Vaudeville State', Performing the Progressive Era, The University of Iowa Press, Iowa, USA (2017) | ||||
| 2016 | Arrighi G, 'The Rediscovery of the Mask', The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq, Routledge, Milton Park, Oxon, UK 27-34 (2016) [B1] | ||||
| 2016 | Arrighi G, 'The Circus and Modernity: A Commitment to 'the Newer' and 'the Newest'', The Routledge Circus Studies Reader, Routledge, Milton Park, Oxon, UK 386-402 (2016) [B1] | ||||
| 2014 | Arrighi GA, Emeljanow VE, 'Setting the Scene: An Introduction', Entertaining Children: the participation of youth in the entertainment industry, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 1-11 (2014) [B1] | ||||
| 2014 | Arrighi GA, Emeljanow VE, 'Children and Youth of the Empire: tales of transgression and accommodation', Entertaining Children: the participation of youth in the entertainment industry, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 51-71 (2014) [B1] | ||||
| 2012 | Arrighi G, 'From the traditional travelling circus to the global zoo: The persistence of 'performing' animal shows in the 21st century', A World of Popular Entertainments: An Edited Volume of Critical Essays, Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle upon Tyne 103-117 (2012) [B1] | ||||
| 2011 |
Arrighi G, Watt DM, '(Re) Constructing the archive: A regional perspective on performance histories', Scrapbooks, Snapshots and Memorabilia: Hidden Archives of Performance, Peter Lang, Bern, Switzerland 67-82 (2011) [B1]
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| 2008 | Arrighi G, 'The circus and the amusement park: A site of contestation near Princes Bridge, Melbourne', Impact of the Modern: Vernacular Modernities in Australia, 1870s-1960s, Sydney University Press, Sydney 264-277 (2008) [B1] | ||||
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Journal article (26 outputs)
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| 2017 | Arrighi G, 'Child Stars of the Stage', Unbound: the National Library of Australia Magazine, (2017) | ||||||||||
| 2017 | Arrighi G, 'The Controversial "case of the opera children in the East": Political Conflict Between Popular Demand for Child Actors and Modernising Cultural Policy on the Child', Theatre Journal, 69 153-173 (2017) [C1] | ||||||||||
| 2017 |
Arrighi G, 'Introduction', Early Popular Visual Culture, 15 281-283 (2017)
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| 2016 |
Arrighi G, 'Healthy bodies and young minds: late-nineteenth-century performer training in Australia', Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 7 17-31 (2016) [C1]
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| 2015 |
Haracz K, Arrighi G, Joyce B, 'Simulated patients in a mental health occupational therapy course: A pilot study', British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78 757-766 (2015) [C1]
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| 2015 |
Arrighi G, 'Circus studies: Where to next?', Popular Entertainment Studies, 6 62-65 (2015) [C1]
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| 2015 | Arrighi G, 'Circus and politics: a very Australian mix', The Conversation, (2015) [O1] | ||||||||||
| 2014 |
Arrighi G, 'Towards a cultural history of community circus in Australia', Australasian Drama Studies, 64 199-222 (2014) [C1]
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| 2012 |
Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, 'Entertaining children: An exploration of the business and politics of childhood', New Theatre Quarterly, 28 41-55 (2012) [C1]
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| 2012 |
Arrighi G, 'Circus and Sumo: Tradition, innovation and opportunism at the Australian circus', Theatre Research International, 37 265-282 (2012) [C1]
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| 2012 |
Arrighi G, 'The circus and modernity: A commitment to the newer and the newest', Early Popular Visual Culture, 10 169-185 (2012) [C1]
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| 2012 |
Arrighi G, 'The 'D'Oyly Carte Pantomimes': Complementarity and innovation', Popular Entertainment Studies, 3 31-44 (2012) [C1]
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| 2010 | Arrighi G, 'To watch theatre: Essays on genre and corporeality [Book Review]', Australasian Drama Studies, 240-242 (2010) [C3] | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Arrighi G, 'Devising place and social history: A regional perspective on teaching devised performance in the tertiary sector', Australasian Drama Studies, 173-187 (2010) [C1] | ||||||||||
| 2010 | Arrighi G, 'Autobiography and performance', A/B: Auto/Biography Studies, 24 151-154 (2010) [C3] | ||||||||||
| 2009 |
Arrighi G, 'Make it Australian: The Australian performing group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre', Theatre Research International, 34 91-92 (2009) [C3]
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| 2009 |
Arrighi G, 'Negotiating national identity at the circus: The FitzGerald Brothers' circus in Melbourne, 1892', Australasian Drama Studies, - 68-86 (2009) [C1]
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| 2009 | Arrighi G, 'Autobiography and Performance. By Deidre Heddon. Hampshire: Palgrave', Auto/Biography Studies, 24 151-154 (2009) [C3] | ||||||||||
| 2008 |
Arrighi G, 'Political animals: Engagements with imperial and gender discourses in late-colonial Australian circuses', Theatre Journal, 60 609-629 (2008) [C1]
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| 2006 | Arrighi G, 'Roll Up To The Circus!', National Library of Australia News, Volume XVI 11-14 (2006) [C3] | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Arrighi G, 'The FitzGerald Brothers' Circus: Considering Circus Entertainments in Late Colonial New Zealand', The Turnbull Library Record, Volume 39 2006 47-60 (2006) [C1] | ||||||||||
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Conference (25 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2017 | Arrighi G, 'From One Frontier Society to Another: views of race, culture and cosmopolitanism in late-19th century American circuses touring Australia', Denver, Colorado, USA (2017) | ||||
| 2017 | Arrighi G, 'Performing modern childhood on popular stages: repertoire, training, and industrial conditions of professional child performers at the turn of the twentieth century', Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2017) | ||||
| 2016 | Arrighi G, 'Pinafores, Prodigies and Precocities: child performers and childhood on Australian stages at the turn of the 20th century', Australian Catholic University, Melbourne (2016) | ||||
| 2015 | Arrighi G, 'The Performance of Absence: the Neutral Mask', The Lockup Cultural Centre, Newcastle, Australia (2015) [E3] | ||||
| 2015 |
Arrighi G, Irvine C, Joyce B, 'Immersion, Spontaneity, Efficacy and the Actor: applying the actor to the pedagogical demands of the contemporary University', University of Sydney (2015) [O1]
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| 2015 |
Haracz K, Chang NK, Arrighi G, Joyce B, 'Developing a simulation experience to support preparation of occupational therapy students for mental health practice', Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Melbourne, Vic (2015) [E3]
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| 2014 | Arrighi GA, '¿A fine mental training . . . and splendid physical exercise¿: unearthing the influence of the professional stage teacher at the turn of the twentieth century', International Federation for Theatre Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (2014) [E3] | ||||
| 2013 | Arrighi G, 'Re-routing traditional circus performance" towards a cultural history of community circus in Australia', Book of Abstracts. International Federation for Theatre Research Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain (2013) [E3] | ||||
| 2013 | Arrighi G, 'Circus translations: towards a cultural history of 'social' and 'youth' circus in Australia', Program and Abstracts. 2013 ASDA Conference, Adelaide, SA (2013) [E3] | ||||
| 2013 |
Halton R, 'A Renaissance bordering on Pop phenomenon: The Castrato Opera Repertoire recreated by German Soprano Simone Kermes', Another World of Popular Entertainments Proceedings, Newcastle, NSW (2013) [E3]
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| 2012 | Arrighi G, 'The compass points of moral disintegration: Controversies surrounding an early 20th century touring children's company', Program. Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies Conference 2012, Brisbane, QLD (2012) [E3] | ||||
| 2011 | Emeljanow VE, Arrighi G, 'Children of the Empire: Tales of transgression and accommodation', Collected abstracts: Politics, Performance and Popular Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Lancaster, UK (2011) [E3] | ||||
| 2011 |
Arrighi G, 'The Circus and Modernity: A commitment to the newer and the newest', New Directions in Circus Research, Public Symposium, Centre for Creative Arts, La Trobe University (2011) [E3]
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| 2010 | Arrighi G, 'Circuses of modernity: A 'commitment to the new'', Cultures of Modernity: Book of Abstracts, Munich, Germany (2010) [E3] | ||||
| 2009 | Arrighi G, Bollen J, Erskine S, Mullett J, Tompkins J, 'AusStage and the Aus-e-Stage Project: Collaborative eresearch in the performing arts', eResearch Australasia 2009: Programme, Sydney, NSW (2009) [E3] | ||||
| 2009 | Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, 'Entertaining children: Aspects of the employment of children in the entertainment industry in Britain and Australia 1879-1921', ADSA Conference Programme, Perth, WA (2009) [E3] | ||||
| 2009 | Arrighi G, 'From the traditional travelling circus to the global zoo: The persistence of 'performing' animal shows in the 21st Century', Minding Animals 2009. Oral Presentation Abstracts, Newcastle, NSW (2009) [E3] | ||||
| 2009 |
Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, Halton R, 'Conference editors', A World of Popular Entertainments Conference Proceedings, Callaghan, NSW (2009) [E4]
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| 2009 | Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, 'Entertaining children: Aspects of the employment of children in the entertainment industry in Britain, Australia and New Zealand 1879-1921', Silent Voices, Forbidden Lives: Censorship and Performance: Abstracts, Lisbon, Portugal (2009) [E3] | ||||
| 2008 | Arrighi G, 'Stories of identity and belonging at the late-colonial circus', 2008 ADSA Conference. Turangawaewae: A Sense of Place. Conference Programme, Dunedin, New Zealand (2008) [E3] | ||||
| 2008 | Arrighi G, 'Globalizing Sumo in the Imperial Age: Sumo wrestlers in Australasia 1903-1905', Annual Conference: Reconstructing Asian-ness(es) in the Global Age. Conference Program, Seoul, Korea (2008) [E3] | ||||
| 2008 |
Watt DM, Arrighi G, 'Performance and theatre in a regional centre', AusStage Symposium 2008. Program, Adelaide, SA (2008) [E3]
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Creative Work (2 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2016 | Lambert C, Pratt A, Alibone S, Lingard E, Whan M, Breward N, Arrighi G, SOLO II Directed by Gillian Arrighi, Watt Space, cnr King and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, Newcastle (2016) | ||||
| 2013 |
Croft H, Nesbitt KV, Rasiah R, Cooper J, Arrighi G, Joyce B, McGuire B, Communication Scenario: Over the Counter Dispensing of the Emergency Contraceptive Pill (Video and Animation - in 3 parts), Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2]
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Other (5 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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| 2017 | Arrighi G, 'Pinafores, Prodigies and Precocities: discovering Australia¿s professional child actors in the NLA collections (Public Talk)', (2017) [O1] | ||
| 2017 | Arrighi G, '"Circus" Edited Special Issue', Circus ( issue.3). United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis (2017) | ||
| 2017 | Arrighi G, '"Circus" Edited Special Issue', Circus ( issue.3). United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis (2017) | ||
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Thesis / Dissertation (2 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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| 2007 | Arrighi G, A Circus and its Context: the FitzGerald Brothers' Circus in Australia and New Zealand, 1888-1906, University of Newcastle (2007) | ||
| 2004 | Arrighi G, The Neutral Mask: its position in Western actor training and its application to the creative processes of the actor, University of Newcastle (2004) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 25 |
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| Total funding | $309,966 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20181 grants / $100,000
Faculty matching funding for UON PRC Scheme - Centre for 21st Century Humanities$100,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
| Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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| Project Team | Dr G Arrighi; Dr H Askland; Prof H Craig (Director); Prof P Dwyer; A/Prof J Gulddal; A/Prof M Harvey; Prof V Haskins; Prof M Johnson; Dr B Palmer; A/Prof T Pender; Prof L Ryan; Prof R Smith (Deputy Director). |
| Scheme | Faculty funding |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2018 |
| Funding Finish | 2018 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20174 grants / $48,000
AusStage Phase 6 Visualising Venues in Australian Live Performance Research$20,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi, Professor Julian Meyrick, Professor Joanne Tompkins, Professor Rachel Fensham, Associate Professor Maryrose Casey, Dr Glenn D'Cruz, Dr Jonathan Marshall, Dr Bree Hadley, Dr I Maxwell, Dr Caroline Wake, Professor Peta Tait, Dr Margaret Hamilton, Jodi Glass, Alexander Sussman, Romana Riedzewski, Professor John O'Toole, Ms Janine Barrand |
| Scheme | Equipment Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | G1600498 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
AusStage Phase 6 Visualising Venues in Australian Live Performance Research$20,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi, Professor Julian Meyrick, Professor Joanne Tompkins, Professor Rachel Fensham, Associate Professor Maryrose Casey, Dr Glenn D'Cruz, Dr Jonathan Marshall, Dr Bree Hadley, Dr I Maxwell, Dr Caroline Wake, Professor Peta Tait, Dr Margaret Hamilton, Jodi Glass, Alexander Sussman, Romana Riedzewski, Professor John O'Toole, Ms Janine Barrand |
| Scheme | Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | G1701271 |
| Type Of Funding | Scheme excluded from IGS |
| Category | EXCL |
| UON | Y |
AusStage Phase 6 Visualising Venues in Australian Live Performance Research$6,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi, Professor Julian Meyrick, Professor Joanne Tompkins, Professor Rachel Fensham, Associate Professor Maryrose Casey, Dr Glenn D'Cruz, Dr Jonathan Marshall, Dr Bree Hadley, Dr I Maxwell, Dr Caroline Wake, Professor Peta Tait, Dr Margaret Hamilton, Jodi Glass, Alexander Sussman, Romana Riedzewski, Professor John O'Toole, Ms Janine Barrand |
| Scheme | Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | G1701272 |
| Type Of Funding | Scheme excluded from IGS |
| Category | EXCL |
| UON | Y |
American Historical Association, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, 5-8 January 2017$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Dr Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2017 |
| Funding Finish | 2017 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20163 grants / $27,400
2017 National Library of Australia Fellowship: Pinafores, Prodigies and Precocities: the Entertaining Child in the Age of Empire$20,400
Funding body: National Library of Australia
| Funding body | National Library of Australia |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2016 |
| Funding Finish | 2016 |
| GNo | G1601121 |
| Type Of Funding | C2120 - Aust Commonwealth - Other |
| Category | 2120 |
| UON | Y |
The Entertaining Child in the Age of Empire, 1880-1914$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects Scheme |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2016 |
| Funding Finish | 2016 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
International Federation for Theatre Research Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 13-17 June 2016$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2016 |
| Funding Finish | 2016 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20143 grants / $24,000
AusStage, Phase 5: Australian live performance and the world – global networks, national culture, aesthetic transmission$12,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Julian Meyrick, Dr Jonathan Bollen, Professor Julie Holledge, Professor John Roddick, Professor Joanne Tompkins, Professor Veronica Kelly, Dr Glenn D'Cruz, Associate Professor Maryrose Casey, Associate Professor Helena Grehan, Doctor Gillian Arrighi, Associate Professor David Watt, Dr Bree Hadley, Dr Sandra Gattenhof, Dr Margaret Hamilton, Dr Meg Mumford, Dr Bryoni Trezise, Professor Rachel Fensham, Associate Professor Denise Varney, Associate Professor Peter Eckersall, Professor Peta Tait, Dr Delyse Ryan, Ms Antonietta Morgillo, Professor Frode Helland, Mr Richard Stone, Mr Robert Brookman, Bollen, Jonathan, Brookman, Robert, Casey, Maryrose, D'Cruz, Glenn, Eckersall, Peter, Fensham, Rachel, Gattenhof, Sandra, Grehan, Helena, Hadley, Bree, Hamilton, Margaret, Helland, Frode, Kelly, Veronica, Meyrick, Julian, Morgillo, Antonietta, Mumford, Meg |
| Scheme | Equipment Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2014 |
| Funding Finish | 2014 |
| GNo | G1300499 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
AusStage, Phase 5: Australian live performance and the world – global networks, national culture, aesthetic transmission$10,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2014 |
| Funding Finish | 2014 |
| GNo | G1400621 |
| Type Of Funding | Scheme excluded from IGS |
| Category | EXCL |
| UON | Y |
'Theatre and Stratification', International Federation for Theatre Research, Warwick United Kingdom, 28 July to 1 August 2014$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2014 |
| Funding Finish | 2014 |
| GNo | G1400609 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20135 grants / $48,000
AusStage, Phase 5: researching Australian live performance - global markets, national culture, aesthetic transmission and living archives$20,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Julie Holledge, Bollen, Jonathan, McGillivray, glen, Kiernander, Adrian, Carlin, David, D'Cruz, Glenn, Hassall, Nanette, Erskine, Shona, Tait, Peta, Milne, Geoffrey, Casey, Maryrose, Grehan, Helena, Hadley, Bree, Gattenhof, Sandra, Varney, Genise, Doctor Gillian Arrighi, Associate Professor David Watt, Mumford, Meg, Trezise, Bryoni, Tompkins, Joanne, Kelly, Veronica, Trenos, Helen, Hamilton, Margaret, Ryan, Delyse, Stephenson, Peter, O'Sullivan, Sandy, Morgan, Allan, Morgillo, Antonietta, Stone, Richard, Lush, shelley, Morgan, Allan, O'Sullivan, Sandy, Stephenson, Peter |
| Scheme | Equipment Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1200135 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
Faculty of Education and Arts Mid Career Fellowship$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Discovery Project |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Simulated Professional Communication: creative strategies for accelerating reflective professional leadership skills and decision-making through role-play$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Discovery Project |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
Re-Routing Performance / Re-Caminant L'Escena, Barcelona 22-26 July 13.$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1300748 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
American Society for Theatre Research Annual Conference: "The Post Thematic Conference", Dallas Texas, 7-10 November 2013 (Support for Faculty MCR Fellowship)$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2013 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1301070 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20123 grants / $26,500
Emerging Research Leaders Program 2011$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Emerging Research Leaders Program |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2012 |
| Funding Finish | 2012 |
| GNo | G1101028 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
Improved Simulation Education Models - A Pedagogy Initiative by the Disciplines of Drama and Pharmacy$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Discovery Project |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2012 |
| Funding Finish | 2012 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
International Federation for Theatre Research, "Mediating Performance: Scene, Media et mediation", UC Extension Centre and the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Centre (GAM), Santiago, Chile, 22 - 28 July 201$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2012 |
| Funding Finish | 2013 |
| GNo | G1200656 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20111 grants / $1,200
International Federation for Theatre Research Annual Conference 2011, "Tradition, Innovation, Community, Osaka University, Japan, 7 - 12 August 2011$1,200
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2011 |
| Funding Finish | 2012 |
| GNo | G1100654 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20102 grants / $25,500
AusStage Phase 4: Harnessing collective intelligence and pioneering new visual methodologies for innovative research into Australian live performance$24,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Professor Julie Holledge, Doctor Gillian Arrighi, Associate Professor David Watt |
| Scheme | Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2010 |
| Funding Finish | 2010 |
| GNo | G1000483 |
| Type Of Funding | Scheme excluded from IGS |
| Category | EXCL |
| UON | Y |
International Federation for Theatre Research, World Congress "Cultures of Modernity", Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich, Germany, 25 - 31 July 2010$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2010 |
| Funding Finish | 2011 |
| GNo | G1000518 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20091 grants / $1,000
International Federation for Theatre Research, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 13-17 July 2009$1,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
| Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2009 |
| Funding Finish | 2009 |
| GNo | G0190329 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20082 grants / $8,366
Entertaining children: a fundamental investigation into children's employment in the entertainment industry in Australia, Britain and New Zealand 1885-1920$6,666
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Emeritus Professor Victor Emeljanow, Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Pilot Grant |
| Role | Investigator |
| Funding Start | 2008 |
| Funding Finish | 2008 |
| GNo | G0189011 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
International Feferation for Theatre Research: 'Re-constructing Asion-ness(es) in the Global Age', Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, 14/7/2008 - 19/7/2008$1,700
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Doctor Gillian Arrighi |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2008 |
| Funding Finish | 2008 |
| GNo | G0189138 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Total current UON EFTSL
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Masters | Scenography: Investigating the Effect and Affect of Technology in Performance | M Philosophy (Drama), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2017 | Masters | What are the Essential Techniques That Need to be Taught to a Student Actor in Order For Them to Perform Successfully in a Heightened Language Production? | M Philosophy (Drama), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2016 | PhD | Exorcising the Abject: A Cathartic Disquisition | PhD (Fine Art), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2015 | PhD | How is Performance Writing Evolving in Oceania? | PhD (English), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2014 | PhD | The Camera Close-Up: Its Challenges for the Actor and its Relationship to intimate Space Violations | PhD (Drama), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Masters | Evreinov and the Questions of Theatricality | M Philosophy (Drama), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
News
Dr Arrighi’s research and journal receive top accolades
August 13, 2018
Dr Gillian Arrighi awarded Fellowship
March 26, 2018
UON Researcher awarded National Library of Australia Fellowship
August 24, 2016
Creative arts researcher awarded US fellowship
May 7, 2014
Dr Gillian Arrighi
Position
Senior Lecturer - Creative and Performing Arts
School of Creative Industries
Faculty of Education and Arts
Focus area
Drama
Contact Details
| gillian.arrighi@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4921 5007 |
Office
| Room | SR.285 |
|---|---|
| Building | Social Sciences |
| Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
NEWS • Aug 13.2018
Dr Arrighi’s research and journal receive top accolades
This page contains news story about Dr Gillian Arrighi winning 2 awards for her research.
NEWS • Mar 26.2018
Dr Gillian Arrighi awarded Fellowship
Dr Gillian Arrighi awarded the Robert Gould Shaw Fellowship
NEWS • Aug 24.2016
UON Researcher awarded National Library of Australia Fellowship
Dr Gillian Arrighi has been awarded a prestigious 2017 National Library of Australia Fellowship.
NEWS • May 07.2014
Creative arts researcher awarded US fellowship
University of Newcastle researcher, Dr Gillian Arrighi, aims to bring the unique cultural contribution of child performers to scholarly attention.
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