Johann Montozzi-Wood

Johann Montozzi-Wood (facilitator) is an assistant professor of the practice of theater studies at Duke University. He holds a Master in Arts in Theatre Studies from the University of Central Florida and Master of Fine Arts in European Devised Performance from Columbia College, Chicago in conjunction with arthaus.berlin International School. His creative and research interests explore critical intersections of race and sexuality through devised performance practice, embodied research, and postmodern aesthetics in theatre, music, and dance. Currently, Johann is building a devised project called Grandfathered In inspired by the migration of two great grandfathers from different sides of his bi-racial family. In this piece, Johann is wrestling with the relationship of servitude, slavery, and racism as queer lineages of migration and mixedness as a queer epistemology. 

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