Sally Jane Norman

Sally Jane Norman
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury, Institut d'études théâtrales de Paris, Institut d'études théâtrales de Paris
Thesis
  • La Mise en scène du corps: vers une nouvelle plastique scénique, 1900-1930 (1990)
Doctoral advisorBernard Dort, Denis Bablet
Academic work
InstitutionsVictoria University of Wellington

Sally Jane Norman FRSA is a New Zealand–French performing arts historian, who is currently the inaugural incumbent of the Denis Adam Chair in Music at Victoria University of Wellington, having served as Director of the New Zealand School of Music from July 2017 until April 2024. Norman is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, and the National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts. Her research on performance technologies builds on historical forms and extends to contemporary practices involving digital tools and techniques.