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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 […]

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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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'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 Dr Kerry Chappell' (University of Exeter, UK)

The fifth event in our Guest Lecture Series 21-22 features invited speaker Dr Kerry Chappell, Associate Professor in Education (University of Exeter, UK). In conversation with Dr Kathrina Farrugia-Kriel on Wednesday 6 April 2022, Kerry Chappell spoke about post-humanist creativity, technologies and Higher Education. Drawing upon ‘Researching Posthumanizing Creativity: Expanding, Shifting and Disrupting’, Chappell discussed […]

Royal Academy of Dance

27 juli 2022

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