Education

2016-present
PhD Candidate, Theatre and Performance Studies
York University – Toronto, Ontario

2008-2008
MA Devised Theatre
Dartington College of the Arts/Falmouth University – Devon, England
Awarded with Distinction

2003-2007
BA Honors Drama
University of Alberta – Edmonton, Alberta
First Class Honours

Publications

Unpacking a Production of the Dybbuk: An Artist’s Reflection
Moore, Avia. “Unpacking a Production of the Dybbuk: An Artist’s Reflection.” The Dybbuk Century: The Jewish Play that Possessed the World, Edited by Debra Caplan and Rachel Moss, University of Michigan Press, Forthcoming (2023).

Take My Hand: Reflections on Cultivating Dancing Communities Through Yiddish Dance
Moore, Avia. “Take My Hand: Reflections on Cultivating Dancing Communities Through Yiddish Dance.” Oxford Handbook on Jewishness and Dance in Contemporary Perspective, Edited by Naomi Jackson et al, Oxford University Press, 2021.

Dartington as a Continuing Praxis
2018 Hart, Sarah and Avia Moore. “Dartington as a Continuing Praxis.” Theatre, Dance, and Performance Training, vol. 9, no.3, 2018.

Dramaturg For Hire: Contextual Dramaturgy for a Global (St)Age
Moore, Avia and Jessica Kaplow Applebaum. "Dramaturg For Hire: Contextual Dramaturgy for a Global (St)Age." In K. Amine & G.F. Robertson, Eds., Alternative Dramaturgies (pp. 79–90). Collaborative Media International, 2015.

Fellowships and Research Grants

  • SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship 2020
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship 2019
  • Sylff Foundation Graduate Fellowship for Academic Distinction 2019-2018
  • Ferdinand Zweig Grant for Travel and Artistic Research (Falmouth University) 2009

Awards

  • Alison White Honors Award for High Honors Achievement (Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta) 2007
  • Edmonton Opera Guild Bursary for Exceptional Promise in the Theatre 2007
  • Mary Cameron Douglas Memorial Scholarship (University of Alberta) 2006
  • Universiade ’83 for Excellence in Athletics or Fine Arts (University of Alberta) 2006
  • Houselighters of the Citadel Award in Drama (University of Alberta) 2005