Rate My Professor Tanja Beer

Beer's research centers on ecoscenography, a pioneering concept she coined in 2012 that integrates ecological principles into all stages of scenographic thinking and production for performance. She is the author of the book Ecoscenography: An Ecological Design Practice for Performance (Springer, 2021) and has published key works including 'The Living Stage: A case study in ecoscenography' (2015), 'Ecomaterialism in scenography' (2016), and 'Exploring integrated ArtScience experiences to foster nature connectedness through head, heart and hand' (2022). Her acclaimed project, The Living Stage—a recyclable, biodegradable, and edible performance space combining stage design, permaculture, and community engagement—has been realized in locations such as Castlemaine, Cardiff, Glasgow, Armidale, Lorne, New York, and Melbourne. Beer's work has been selected for the 2019 Prague Quadrennial and the 2015 British contingent at the Prague Quadrennial, exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She has received awards including an Asialink Residency with the Tokyo Institute of Technology and a Norman Macgeorge Scholarship with the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Julie’s Bicycle. In 2024, she secured an ARC Linkage grant for an eco-arts project and an Institute of Advanced Studies Fellowship Award for 2025. Her contributions have garnered global recognition for advancing sustainability in the performing arts.