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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 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 […]

Royal Academy of Dance

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 […]

Royal Academy of Dance

27 juli 2022

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'In Conversation with Professor Emerita Lynn Garafola' (Barnard College, retired)

The final event in our Guest Lecture Series 21-22 featured invited speaker Professor Emerita Lynn Garafola. In conversation with Dr Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel on Wednesday 8 June, Garafola discussed her new book, La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern, published in 2022 by Oxford University Press. In this much awaited book, Garafola highlights the twentieth-century ballet’s premier […]

Royal Academy of Dance

27 juli 2022

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'In Conversation with Professor Sherril Dodds' (Temple University, USA)

Our Guest Lecture Series 21-22 continued with an opportunity to meet with invited speaker Professor Sherril Dodds (Temple University, Philadelphia). In conversation with Dr Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel, Dodds spoke about her breaking practice, bringing questions of ageing and dance, as well as race, privilege, ethics, and belonging. This event will be of interest to those invested […]

Royal Academy of Dance

27 juli 2022

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'In Conversation with Sara Houston' (University of Roehampton)

Dr Sara Houston was the invited speaker for the first event in the 2020-21 Guest Lecture Series. She speaks internationally on community dance and political issues concerning dance and the arts. Dr Houston’s prize-winning research project (2010-2014) centres on the impact of dancing for those living with Parkinson’s and has been commissioned by English National […]

Royal Academy of Dance

27 juli 2022

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