MJ Thompson, Concordia University

Research

dance performance feminism biography movement studies visual art landscape parks

Latest funding

From View to Viewmaking: Embodiment, Practice and Landscape
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$30,558
Louise Lecavalier: A Performative History of the Dancer
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$28,770
Performance, scholarship, presence: conversations in critical dance studies
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$22,845

All 3 grants and awards

From View to Viewmaking: Embodiment, Practice and Landscape

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Thompson, MJ

Keywords: movement studies; performance; dance; visual art; landscape; parks

$30,558

Louise Lecavalier: A Performative History of the Dancer

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Thompson, MJ

Keywords: dance; performance; feminism; biography

$28,770

Performance, scholarship, presence: conversations in critical dance studies

Principal 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: dance Dear Professor Thompson, 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 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 "From View to Viewmaking: Embodiment, Practice and Landscape" (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]