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Tahnia Getson | they/her
"Why do I have to be boring for you to take me seriously?"
Tahnia Getson, 2022
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Perhaps I took healing my inner child a touch too seriously, but in 2022 I welcome who I am with a full heart. The dichotomy between an adult who loves to dress in vibrant colours, who loves to express their Queerness through their appearance, who loves dinosaurs with their whole heart, and the human who will launch into a conversation about how the spread of misinformation will be the trigger for the downfall of capitalism, or the importance of understanding intersectionality and how marginalization acts in a compounded matter.
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Someone once asked me what drives me to wake up every day, and after an excessive amount of thought, I landed on:
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I want to make every place I touch a better place for those who follow behind me.
Education
2022 - current
Athabasca University
Master of Interdisciplinary Studies
2018 - 2020
University of Lethbridge
Bachelor of Arts - Theatre
2014-2016
Grande Prairie Regional College
Visual Arts Diploma - Design
Courses:
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MAIS601 - Making Sense of Theory in the Humanities and Social Sciences [May 2022]​​
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HIST632 - Gender, Race, Racism, and the History of Classical Scholarship [June 2022]
Select Courses:
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Theatre as Theory, Justin Blum
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Dramaturgy, Justin Blum
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Devised Theatre, Mia van Leeuwan
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Improvisation, Nicola Elson
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Neutral Mask, Annie Smith
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Acting (Meisner), Jay Whitehead
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Movement, Mia van Leeuwan
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Voice, Doug McArthur
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Acting (mixed), Annie Smith
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Theatre as Social Change, [ind. study] Nicola Elson
Select Courses:
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Independent Studies, Tina Martel
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Painting, Tina Martel
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Drawing, Ken Housego & Ed Bader
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Mixed Media, Tina Martel & Ken Housego
Workshops
11/2021
Arts as Evaluation
AND Implementation
11/2021
Theatre for Social Change
Theatre for Good
10/2020
Developmental Relationships
Search Institute