Dinesh Yadav (Ph. D.) is an interdisciplinary researcher, pedagogue, and performance artist. He directs for theatre and designs for performances, theatre, installations, events, museums, and media. His research inhabits the crossroads of arts, technology, humanities, and information. His theatre and design practices enquire into the politics of performance. His works are shown in theatres, galleries, and public spaces at festivals, exhibitions, and events around the globe.

Dinesh has directed twenty productions and designed over fifty shows across the genre of performance, theatre, and media. He has exhibited in the World Stage Design 2013 (Cardiff UK), and Prague Quadrennial (Czech Republic) in 2007, 2011, 2015, and 2019 respectively. He was the curator for the Section of Countries and Regions for the Indian Section in the Prague Quadrennial 2015 and 2019 and the 21st Century Innovative Costume 2019 in Moscow. He was the Technical Director for Can & Abel Theatres and technically directed their shows in twenty-four countries for ten years. He is the current chair of the Performance Design Commission of OISTAT and Chair of ASPIRE - KCACTF Region-3. He is the founder member of the Swayambhu Foundation (I) and is the Executive Producer of the foundation’s theatre festival Mélange.

He studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA) London, the National School of Drama, New Delhi, and the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. At present, he is an Associate Professor and Technical Director at Theatre & Dance, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (USA). Email: dinoonsd@gmail.com