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Perina, Peter
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[194-]-
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Peter Perina is a theatrical scenographer and professor emeritus of theatre at Dalhousie University. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Prague in 1964 and worked professionally in Czechoslovakia for three years before moving to Ottawa in 1967. He taught at the University of Saskatchewan from 1970-1972 and joined the faculty of Dalhousie's Department of Theatre in 1972. He has designed 343 productions and lectured across Canada, USA and the Czech Republic. He is the Chair of the Baroque Theatre Foundation at the Castle of Cesky Krumlov and a member of the Board of Perspectiv, Association of Historic Theatres in Europe.
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Dalhousie University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Department of Theatre (1969-2014)
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Dates of relationship
1972-1996
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Peter Perina was the third chair of the Department of Theatre, from 1981-1990, and taught in the department from 1972-1996.