Angélique Willkie, Concordia University

Research

(1) Dance (2) Performer (3) Dramaturgy (4) Choreography (5) Identity Politics (6) Research-creation (7) Corporeality (8) Body

Latest funding

Swamp Dialogues: situating B/black dramaturgies
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$269,810
Studying the Practice of Kedzentede Kedzedi
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$217,846
Staging Better Futures/Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$402,193

All 6 grants and awards

Swamp Dialogues: situating B/black dramaturgies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Willkie, Angélique T.

$269,810

Studying the Practice of Kedzentede Kedzedi

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Buffalo, Amanda

Keywords: Indigenous education; land-based educaiton; neurodecolonization; decolonization; resurgence; sovereignty; dena au'nezen; pedagogies of land; literacies of land

$217,846

Staging Better Futures/Mettre en scène de meilleurs avenirs

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: post-secondary theatre education; decolonization; anti-racism; equity; diversity; inclusion; restorative pedagogy; relational design research; community-driven research; intersectional feminism; translation studies; policy transfer studies; feminist DH

$402,193

Murmurations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Willkie, Angélique T.

Keywords: dance; dramaturgy; blackness; choreography; performance; agency

$40,365

Corporeal Dramaturgy: Redistributing Agency in Dance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Willkie, Angélique

Keywords: (1) Dance; (2) Performer; (3) Dramaturgy; (4) Choreography; (5) Identity Politics; (6) Research-creation; (7) Corporeality; (8) Body; (9) Race; (10) Gender

$69,845

Performance, scholarship, presence: conversations in critical dance studies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Thompson, M.J.

Keywords: dance; dance studies; performance; curation; disciplinarity; interdisciplinarity; diversity

$22,845

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) Dance Dear Professor Willkie, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on (1) dance connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Swamp Dialogues: situating B/black dramaturgies" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]