Professor Jorge Lopes Ramos

Experience

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  ZU-UK

  Jun 2001 - now

  Executive Director

  ZU-UK is an award-winning non-for profit independent company founded in 2001 and led by immigrant working-class artists Persis Jadé Maravala and Jorge Lopes Ramos. Persis Jadé is ethnically Persian, born in Yemen yet raised in East London. Jorge was born and raised within Borel (one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favelas) to a Polish and Romanian family. In a world where mainstream narratives normalize hate and fear, and where contemporary loneliness is a new epidemic, Persis Jadé and Jorge believe in the need for shared rituals, new narratives and experiences that empower those most vulnerable to have a voice and participate within a collaborative economy.ZU-UK regularly deliver high quality interdisciplinary professional training, including creative technology & game design for professional artists, entrepreneurs, social enterprises, people with low levels of educational attainment and from economically deprived backgrounds. Through this work ZU-UK create new pathways into creative lives and inclusive economies for people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.@iamzuukwww.zu-uk.com Show less

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  The Central School of Speech and Drama

  May 2006 - Apr 2008

  Guest Lecturer MA PPR and MA ATP Directing & Acting

  MA Performance Practice ResearchMA Advance Theatre Practice - DirectingMA Advance Theatre Practice - Acting

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  University of East London

  Sept 2009 - Jan 2020

  Senior Lecturer & Programme Leader MA Contemporary Performance Practices

  Senior LecturerProgramme Leader MA Contemporary Performance Practices

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  OI FUTURO Flamengo

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Guest Artist

  Director of Hotel Medea

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  THE HUMBLE MARKET

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Lead Artist
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  London2012 Festival

  Nov 2011 - Aug 2012

  Lead Artist, The Humble Market exhibition and performance
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  Southbank Centre

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Artist in Residence, Hayward Gallery
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  CPC Gargarullo

  Jul 2012 - Aug 2014

  Artistic Director/CEO
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  GAS station (venue)

  Jan 2015 - now

  Founder / Executive Director

  www.gas-station.uk

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  University of Greenwich

  Nov 2019 - now

  Lead of the Practice Hub at the Institute of Inclusive Communities & Environments, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences Lead of the Creative Futures Research Centre at the Institute of Inclusive Communities and Environments, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Professor of Interactive Theatre & Performance

    Sept 2022 - now

  • Practice Hub Lead

    Jan 2023 - Oct 2024

  • Centre Lead for Creative Futures

    Jan 2023 - Mar 2024

  • Associate Professor

    Sept 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Senior Lecturer

    Nov 2019 - Aug 2020
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  WITHIN TOUCHING DISTANCE Ltd.

  Aug 2024 - now

  Director