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'In Conversation with Jo Butterworth' (University of Malta, retired)

Our second event in our online Guest Lecture Series 2020-21 focused on invited speaker Professor Jo Butterworth (University of Malta – retired). Jo Butterworth was Head of Dance at Bretton Hall (University of Leeds) from 1986 to 2005. She established the Dance Studies Department at the University of Malta in 2010 and became the first […]

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27 juli 2022

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'In Conversation with Mike Fleming' (University of Durham, UK)

The speaker for the third event in the 2020-21 Guest Lecture Series, Mike Fleming, is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Durham. He spent five years as Director of the PGCE secondary course, five years as Director of Initial Teacher Training, and five years as Director of Research and as Director of Postgraduate […]

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27 juli 2022

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'In Conversation with Thomas DeFrantz' (Duke University, USA)

Our fourth event in the 2020-21 Guest Lecture Series focused on invited speaker Professor Thomas F. DeFrantz(Duke University). Thomas F. DeFrantz directs SLIPPAGE@Duke:Performance|Culture|Technology. He explores emerging technology in live performance. Professor DeFrantz believes in our shared capacity to do better, and engage our creative spirit for a collective good that is anti-racist, anti-homophobic, proto-feminist, and […]

Royal Academy of Dance

27 juli 2022

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'In Conversation with Dr Judith Bek' (University of Manchester, UK)

The final speaker in the 2020-21 Guest Lecture Series was Dr Judith Bek, a research psychologist interested in the relationships between perception, thought and movement. Her research aims to understand how movement is influenced by observing other people’s actions and by using imagery, as well as how this might be affected by ageing and Parkinson’s […]

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27 juli 2022

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'In Conversation with Gerard Samuel' (University of Cape Town, South Africa)

In conversation with Dr Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Samuel speaks about ballet in South Africa and the rise of black artists in post-apartheid South Africa and in contemporary times. This event will be of interest to those invested in the black ballet histories and South African contemporary ballet. Dr Gerard M. Samuel is Associate Professor at the […]

Royal Academy of Dance

27 juli 2022

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'In Conversation with Susan Koff' (NYU Steinhardt, USA)

The Guest Lecture Series 2021-22 events continued to bring well-respected dance and education practitioners and scholars from world-learning universities to our RAD communities. The next event in this series featured Professor Susan Koff (NYU/Steinhardt). In conversation with Dr Michelle Groves (Director of Education) on Wednesday 2 February, Koff talked about defining dance as an artform, […]

Royal Academy of Dance

27 juli 2022

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