J. Lorenzo Perillo
J. Lorenzo Perillo is a Ford dissertation fellow in Performance Studies and doctoral candidate in Culture and Performance at the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at UCLA. He is also a member of the concentration program in the Asian American Studies Department. Perillo has taught and choreographed for various community-based arts programs and these experiences inform his research at the intersections of Filipino race, gender, and colonial relations in Hip-hop dance. His writing appears in Theatre Journal, Extensions, and the anthology Hip-Hop(e): The Cultural Practice and Critical Pedagogy of International Hip-Hop.
