Performance & Creative Practice

Performance & Creative Practice: intersecting with the wider dance and performance sector, this area of inquiry examines an array of research topics related to the creation of dance, performance and wider artworks. The research pursued and produced is practice-centred, interdisciplinary and often draws on wider social, cultural and political discourses.

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Anna Williams – Doodle Dance

Ben Wright – What is Wainsgate Dances?

Matteo Marfoglia – People in Places with People

Dr. Joseph Mercier – Pink Feathers in the Ballet Closet: Three Gay Remakes of Swan Lake (1995-2005)

Dr. Joseph Mercier – Fag Hag Drag: Penny Arcade’s Archive of Otherness

Dr. Joseph Mercier – Desperate Gestures

Dr. James Else – Climbing the Virtual Stepladder: Exploring the Reality of Virtual Worlds in Performance

Dr. James Else – The intersections of art and research – investigating the boundaries between art object and art analysis

Dr. James Else – Virtually There: Exploring the possibilities afforded by new virtual reality technology in exploring, recording and interacting with movement patterns in 3D space

Susanne Thomas – Dance in the public realm: exploring the potential of interactive touch foil, projection and motion triggers in the context of live performance

Tracy Witney – The North in 360 degrees: Challenging creative constructs using innovative filming techniques

Phil Sanger – ​​The places from which we lead

Phil Sanger – Statuesque