Dinesh Yadav
Associate Professor, Theatre; Section Chair for Dance, Music and Theatre Performance
BIOGRAPHY
Dinesh Yadav, Ph.D., is a practicing theatre designer and director focusing on interdisciplinary research. He has expertise in theatre, installations and lighting design, merging arts, technology and health to address contemporary human issues. Yadav’s creations are featured in international performing arts festivals and exhibitions. He has created 30 performances and designed for over 400. He has curated for the Prague Quadrennial and World Stage Design, serving as a juror for the latter. He has authored a book, published a journal alongside 30 conference papers, and has been invited as a master class instructor in India, the United States, Canada, Hungary and Mexico.
Yadav has taught at premier institutions in the United States and India to undergraduates and graduates, and his students are placed at prestigious positions and organizations, including Disney World, Glimmerglass Opera, META, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Indian Administrative Services (IAS). He is the current chair of the Performance Design Commission of OISTAT and the general editor for quarterly Theatre Design and Technology. He founded the nonprofit Swayambhu Foundation and led its performing company for 10 years.
Yadav is a fellow of the National School of Drama, University Grant Commission and Ministry of Culture of India, and a Wisconsin Teaching Scholar and Fellow. Currently he is chair of the Dance, Music and Theatre Performance and associate professor of Theatre at the College of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts at Texas A&M University.
Affiliations
- Dance, Music, Theatre Performance
- Performance Studies
Scholarly Interests
- Lighting and Health
- Theatre and Community
- Arts and Health
- Performance Design
- Community and Policy