Dr. Sozita Goudouna is an art theorist and curator who teaches at New York University as the inaugural Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow at Performa New York, the leading arts organisation dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of 20th century art and to generating new directions for the 21st century, engaging artists and audiences through experimentation, innovation, and collaboration. Performa’s unique year-round commissioning, touring, and education programs, involving all disciplines, culminate in the internationally acclaimed Performa biennial, which together forge a new course for contemporary art and culture. Performa's curatorial partnerships consist of a consortium of over 150 New York City cultural partners across New York City (MoMA, New Museum, Whitney, Guggenheim, Watermill Centre, Times Sq Alliance et al) and more than 42 international partners that co-organize acclaimed projects and programs with an international roster of artists (700 artists), architects, critics, curators, and writers from across the world. Sozita is the Festival Consultant of the Onassis Foundation in New York that will take place in October 2016. She holds a PhD from the University of London on the History and Theory of Modern and Contemporary Art & Curatorial Practices (Onassis Scholarship 2003-7) and has studied Philosophy, Theatre and Directing in London (BA, MA, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) & Kings College London 1996-2000). Her book o