ResDance Dr. Gemma Harman

ResDance Series 7: Episode 3: Dance Pedagogy:
Curiosity and Collaboration with Emily Powell

In the episode,  Emily shares insight into her experiences as a dancer, teacher and researcher and how these continue to inform her research and teaching practices. We discuss the research methodologies and approaches employed in her MA research and how these provided a foundation to explore feminist and democratic perspectives within her teaching.  Emily shares ideas around how play and risk-taking are used in the learning environment she creates and ways of cultivating trust in the studio.  Throughout this episode, Emily highlights the importance of open dialogue within teaching and learning and the value of being curious as a practitioner.

Emily is a dance practitioner based in London. She began her training at The Place CAT, before going on to study vocationally at London Contemporary Dance School. Emily is currently a Contemporary Dance Tutor at Central School of Ballet and at London Studio Centre. She also teaches for various pre-vocational programmes including Central School of Ballet’s Associate Programme, The Place CAT and English National Ballet’s Youth Company. In 2023 Emily was awarded the Fellowship of Higher Education and she recently completed her Masters in Dance Education at
London Studio Centre. As a researcher, Emily is interested in exploring the use of feminist and democratic pedagogies within the contemporary dance technique class.  Emily is also a fully certified STOTT Pilates instructor and has been a Guest Lecturer of Pilates at London Contemporary Dance School.

Headshot: Camilla Greenwell

Contact details

Contact email: emily.powell@csbschool.co.uk

Instagram: @emilypowell

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ResDanceSeries 7: Episode 2: Bridging the fields of dance producing and popular dance with Laura Robinson

In the episode, Laura shares insight into her research experiences in the areas of popular dance and dance producing and management. She reflects upon how these experiences have come together to inform her teaching and research and discusses the wider value of producing and
managing dance practices.  Throughout the episode, we consider factors pertinent to the organisation of popular dance and consider economical drivers within the producing field. The need for an entrepreneurial spirit as both a producer and researcher is celebrated throughout.

Laura is a Senior Lecturer, Programme Leader, and dance researcher with over 15 years of experience in dance and cultural studies. With a passion for fostering intrigue
and entrepreneurship in students, Laura holds teaching specialisms in dance producing and management, research methods and dance dissertation writing, dance pedagogy and education, dance policy and practice, dance philosophy and his/hertories, and employability skills. Portfolio career ranging from dance artist, community dance practitioner, dance development manager, and currently dance studies in Higher Education. PhD thesis and research interests
focus on spectacle in popular screendance, drawing upon post-capitalist theory, identity studies, and Posthumanist discourse.

Biography - https://uel.academia.edu/LauraRobinson

Contact details:

Email lrobinson@londonstudiocentre.ac.uk

Handle - Insta @lauralauraexplora

                         @londonstudiocentre

Other links

Research Links: https://uel.academia.edu/LauraRobinson

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-laura-robinson-36a189208/

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ResDance Series 7: Episode 1: Creating Movement Ruptions in Educational Research with Kerry Chappell

In the episode, Kerry shares insight into her research interest’s in creativity in arts, science and transdisciplinary education. Together, we explore the theoretical
frameworks that inform her research and teaching practices and the richness of using a dialogic approach to see what practices might emerge. Throughout the episode, Kerry highlights the value of working in a multidisciplinary
way and the importance of bringing dance into conversation with other disciplines.


Kerry is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Exeter, where she leads the MA Creative Arts in Education Programme and provides dance
expertise to the course. Kerry also leads the Creativity and Emergent Educational Futures Network and is a PhD and EdD supervisor. Her research investigates creativity in arts, science and transdisciplinary education and educational futures, alongside participatory research methodologies. Kerry continues to work as a dance-artist
within Exeter-based dance lab collective.

Kerry is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Centre of Creativities, Arts and Science in Education at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway where she contributes dance and creativity in education expertise.

https://education.exeter.ac.uk/people/profile/index.php?web_id=kerry_chappell

Contact details:

Email: k.a.chappell@exeter.ac.uk

Twitter: @X KerryChappell1



Social media platforms

Twitter: @EducationUoE

Published sources of interest:

Chappell, K., Turner, C. & Wren, H. (2024). Creative Ruptions for Emergent Educational Futures. Palgrave MacMillan.  

https://link.springer.com/book/9783031529726

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ResDance Series 6: Episode 11: Racial Equity in Dance with Stacey Green and Imogen Aujla

Stacey and Imogen share insight into their thinking and considerations around racial equity in dance. Through exploring the work of the TIRED movement and their
current 3-year research project looking at representation in dance training and education (Red Research Project), we discuss the importance of removing the fear of discussing racism in dance and acknowledging the need for good practices to be adhered to within the dance industry. Through reflecting upon her personal and professional experiences, Stacey advocates for a unitedness and bringing
together of the dance community, an openness of communication and a greater celebration of the pioneers and origins of dance influenced by black culture. Stacey
and Imogen highlight the value of giving voice to students and practitioners within the field and a quest to work collectively to improve racial equality and representation in the dance industry.

Stacey Green -IOD Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire

 “From the very first time I stepped into a ballet class
back in 1979, I immediately noticed I was different.  Even at the age of just four years old, the predominately white environment I found myself in felt strange but I didn’t know why.  I do now.  What was apparent then, is still apparent now.  The lack of black representation within dance education is clearly something that needs to be addressed.  If children and young people don’t see someone that looks like them at the top of the pyramid of power, then how do they aspire to be in that space or identify with that profession?  As the principal of my own performing arts
school and over 25yrs of experience working within the industry, teaching children and young people to embrace not just the artform but their ethnicity has always been paramount.  As a mixed race educator I have spent the past
42yrs competing in a sector that is predominately white, with very few opportunities to voice my concerns about the lack of representation within The British Festival Federation and various examining boards.”



Contact details:


info@tiredmovement.com 
@movementtired on Instagram and X
TIRED Movement on Facebook
www.tiredmovement.com



Other social media handles:


Shades Dancewear
info@shades-dancewear.com
@shadesdancewear on Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, Pinterest
www.shades-dancewear.com



Imogen Aujla

Imogen is a freelance dance psychology researcher, lecturer,
and life and wellbeing coach. She originally trained as a dancer before specialising in dance science and later dance psychology. She has a PhD in dance psychology and a Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Prior to going
freelance, Imogen was a Senior Lecturer in Dance and Course Coordinator of the MSc Dance Science at the University of Bedfordshire. As well as her project-based freelance work, she is a regular guest tutor on the MAS Dance Science at the University of Bern, Switzerland, is a peer tutor for the mental health charity Mind, and is a member of the Mental Health Advisory Group of the
International Association for Dance Medicine and Science. Imogen’s research interests include talent development, inclusive dance, and psychological wellbeing among dancers. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal
articles and book chapters, and has presented her research internationally.



Contact details:

Facebook: @danceinmindUK

Instagram: @dance_in_mind_UK

Website: www.danceinmind.org 



Published sources and recommendations:

https://www.danceinmind.org/post/let-s-talk-about-representation-in-dance

https://www.tiredmovement.com/research-project/

https://www.tiredmovement.com/imogen-aujla/

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ResDance Series 6: Episode 10: Dance, Touch and Awareness, - Reflections on somatic-informed research and practice with Natalie Garrett Brown

In the episode, Natalie shares insight into her experiences and interests in dance, somatic practices, performance
philosophy and feminist inquiry. We explore the role of somatic informed research and practice and how these can bring attention to the body in relation to moving practices, making processes and the relationship to the self.  Throughout the episode, Natalie reflects upon the shared sense of principles and philosophies that embodied knowledge can bring in experiencing the moving body
and advocates the value of dance research, throughout.

Dr Natalie Garrett Brown undertook her dance training and education at Trinity Laban and London Contemporary Dance School completing her PhD at Roehampton University in
the areas of Dance, Somatic Practices and Performance Philosophy. She is also a trained executive Coach and Somatic Movement Educator and is currently Dean,
Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology at the University of Northampton.

Her practice and research interests are situated within feminist understandings of embodied subjectivity
and the ways in which somatic and reflective practices can inform dance performance, dance making and performance philosophy. Most recently this took the form of a 3-year research project Sensing the City supported by the AHRC
(2017-2020). Natalie is Chair for Dance HE and founding member of enter and inhabit, a site-responsive collaborative project and editor of the Dance and Somatic Practices Journal and related international conference series.

Contact details:

Social media platforms

Twitter: @nataliegarrettb

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/GarrettBrownCoachingandFacilitation/

Linked In http://linkedin.com/in/dr-natalie-garrett-brown-ba4b0326

Related social media

Enter & Inhabit: www.enterinhabit.com

Editor Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-dance-somatic-practices 

Chair Dance HE (Standing Conference of Dance in Higher Education) https://www.dancehe.org 

Reflect, Re-align and Reframe (RRR Online Programme) https://www.amyvoris.com/facilitation/

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ResDance Series 6: Episode 9: Advocating and celebrating dance research with Louisa Petts

Louisa joins ResDance for a second episode and shares insight into her PhD research through discussing her research processes and considerations. Through
reflecting on her research experiences, we explore ideas around the continued need for advocacy in research, the value of person centeredness in dance practice and the importance of imploring researchers to question the decisions they make and to explore ways of facilitating research and teaching practice. Sharing honest reflections on her PhD journey thus far, Louisa explores her identity and positionality as a researcher and her ongoing experience of
importantly finding the confidence to staking a claim as a dance researcher. 

Louisa is a postgraduate researcher at the Centre for Dance
Research (C-DaRE) at Coventry University. Her PhD thesis is titled, ‘All dance is legitimate: an advocation and celebration of person-centred older adult dance practice’. She is the recipient of the Arts and Humanities Research Council studentship award, offered by Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. Her research interests broadly concern person-centred dance practices, that work to empower and include disadvantaged and marginalised communities. She has worked as a community dance artist for people living with dementia and Parkinson’s. She lives with mild/moderate hearing loss and is currently learning British Sign Language (BSL). In 2019, Louisa graduated with
a Distinction in MSc Dance Science from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and with First Class Honours in BA Dance Studies from the University of Roehampton in 2018. She currently works as a lecturer at bbodance, and as editorial manager for the Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices. 

Contact details:

Instagram: lou_petts

Link to any published resources:

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/louisa-petts-1702

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