Jonas Eklund holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from Stockholm University (2019). In his dissertation The Sensational Body, he explores the spectator’s experience of bodies on stage in Circus, Burlesque and Freak Show.
What is the audience experience of burlesque and what is special about it?

Jonas Eklund holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from Stockholm University (2019). In his dissertation The Sensational Body, he explores the spectator’s experience of bodies on stage in Circus, Burlesque and Freak Show. What is the audience experience of burlesque and what is special about it?

Episode 9 - Spectatorship - with Jonas Eklund

The Stripping Scholar podcast is a framework for artist and performer Felicia Bichard / Fräulein Frauke to explore themes and concepts in and around her own artistic practice as “a sexual woman on stage” within burlesque.
Each episode focuses on a concept, digging into meaning, tradition, understanding and aesthetics that inform and have shaped burlesque, situating it as a vibrant artform within the canon of contemporary feminism, amidst the landscapes of performance, culture and academia.

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The Stripping Scholar podcast is a framework for artist and performer Felicia Bichard / Fräulein Frauke to explore themes and concepts in and around her own artistic practice as “a sexual woman on stage” within burlesque. Each episode focuses on a concept, digging into meaning, tradition, understanding and aesthetics that inform and have shaped burlesque, situating it as a vibrant artform within the canon of contemporary feminism, amidst the landscapes of performance, culture and academia.

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Episode 9 - Spectatorship - with Jonas Eklund

Episode 9 - Spectatorship - with Jonas Eklund