Sara Matchett

Sara Matchett is an associate Professor and the director of the Centre for Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies at the University of Cape Town, where she obtained her PhD. She is the co-founder and artistic director of The Mothertongue Project women's arts collective. She is also an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework® and the African regional co-ordinator of the Fitzmaurice Institute. Sara is also a breathwork practitioner. Her teaching profile centres around practical and academic courses and her research explores breath as a catalyst for generating images for performance-making. Her interests are in embodied practices that focus on presencing, co-sensing, co-llaborating and co-generating as a way of transforming egosystems to ecosystems.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) UCT (2012 — 2016)

Companies

• Associate Professor and Director of The Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies University of Cape Town (2020)
• Regional Co-ordinator for Africa Fitzmaurice Institute (2017)
• Artistic Director The Mothertongue Project (2000)
• Head of Theatre at the Centre for Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies University of Cape Town (2019 — 2020)
• Senior Lecturer in the Department of Drama University of Cape Town (2015 — 2018)
• Lecturer in the Department of Drama University of Cape Town (2010 — 2015)