Profile: Prof Marth Munro

Prof Marth Munro
Extraordinary Professor, Drama 

Prof Marth Munro is Director of Research at the internationally renowned Lessac Training and Research Institute. In December 2013 Prof Munro also qualified as a registered Sound Therapist with the South African Centre of Sound Therapy. She was awarded the qualification of Emotional Body apprentice in March 2022. Her key research interest is embodied performance. 

Professional Profile

New Pathways, CMA postgraduate diploma through LIMS (MoU: UP& LBMS). International, 2021-2022.

Co-director and Facilitator of the USA Lessac Kinesensics Intensive Workshop. (2021)

Vocal and Accent Performance coaching for various South African films and audiobooks (2018-present) 


Selected Publications & Other Academic Outputs:

"Exploring Evolutions in LK Pedagogy and Practice” (Panel: Marth Munro, Nancy Krebs, Crystal Robbins, Deborah Kinghorn & Richard Cuyler). LTRI Online Conference and Research Forum. Theme: Connecting Perspectives: Exploring and Evolving World. 15 Jan 2022.

“New Connections re: Sensation, Perception, Awareness, Response” (Marth Munro and Deborah Kinghorn). LTRI Online Conference and Research Forum. Theme: Connecting Perspectives: Exploring and Evolving World. 15 Jan 2022.

“Embodiment as first affordance: Exercising agency through embodied practice and the making of screendances.” (Kristina Johnstone, Marth Munro and Tarryn-Tanille Prinsloo). Conference workshop presented at Art, Access, and Agency – Art sites of Enabling. Online Conference hosted by University of Pretoria. 7 Oct 2021.

“The Tree Song.” (Kristina Johnstone & Marth Munro). Paper presented at Performing Democracy: The Fire, The Fight, The Fiction. Online Conference hosted by Drama for Life (Wits) & Norwegian University of Science and Technology. 19th Aug 2021. 

Farber, S, Coetzee, M-H & Munro, M. 2020. The mediality of pre-recorded digital performing arts on YouTube: a skills-development module. South African Theatre Journal. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10137548.2021.1884127.

Munro, M; Turner, S & Munro A (eds) . 2017.  Play with purpose: Lessac Kinesensics in Action. New York: LTRI. ISBN: 978-0-9996164-0-6.

Munro, M. 2017. Mapping Lessac Kinesensics. In Munro, M, Turner, S & Munro, A (eds). Play with Purpose: Lessac Kinesensics in Action. New York: LTRI, pp. 3-36.

Marth M, Kinghorn, D, Kur, B, Aronson, R, Krebs, N & Turner, S. 2017. Vocal Traditions: Lessac Kinesensics. The Voice and Speech Review, 11(1): 93–105.

Jacobs, NH, Munro, M & Broodryk, C. 2017. The importance of a green screen acting course within the South African film acting curriculum. South African Theatre Journal, 30(1-3): 1–14.

 

 

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