Tanya Gerstle is Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where she was Head of Theatre and Acting during 15 years at its Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) and integrated Pulse training methodology into the curriculum. She is an award-winning performance maker, theatre director, actor and teaching artist, and is founder and Artistic Director of OpticNerve Performance Group. She has taught the Pulse Approach throughout Australia and internationally, including at Penn State University, USA; University of York, UK; Caen University, France and to theatre companies in New Caledonia. She has contributed a chapter to Encountering Ensemble (Methuen Drama, 2013).