Sophie Benn

Sophie Benn

Assistant Professor of Musicology

Personal profile

About

Musicologist and cellist Dr. Sophie Benn enjoys a multifaceted career that encompasses performance, research, and public outreach in many forms. In her academic work, Dr. Benn studies theatrical and social dance in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France and the United States, modernist temporalities, and historical performance practice. Her recent and forthcoming publications center on dance theory and notation, social dance in Paris and Chicago, dance on early French film, and cello literature. Dr. Benn has presented at many national and international conferences, including the annual meetings of the Dance Studies Association, the American Musicological Society, the German Studies Association, and the Society for American Music. She currently serves as the chair of the Dance Studies Association’s Dance and Music Working Group.

Disciplines

  • Music
  • Musicology