Symposium: Pedagogies and Practice Date: Friday 20th September 2024 Time: 10.00am- 5:00pm (registration from 9.30am) Venue: St Cecillia’s/University of Edinburgh & Online Event overview and objectives: This is the third symposium event of a series […]
AHRC Critical Dance Pedagogy Network
Written by Lucy McCrudden – The Dance MamaPhoto Credit: Heinrich Escano Connecting in Coventry: For the last conference of the season I was back on home turf, spending the day […]
Storytelling for Health and Wellbeing Symposium
On Monday 10th June and Tuesday 11th June 2024, Principal Research Fellow, Dr Nina Worthington and Research Assistant, Charlotte Grainger from the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and […]
Reporting on Beyond the Stigma: An Exhibition of Lived Experience of Disability Among NHS Staff
The SDHRC has been working in partnership with the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, to research and evaluate the longer-term impacts of Beyond the Stigma (BTS); “an exhibition […]
(Reimagining) Parenting, Theatre, and Disability Network/Event
This is an exploratory networking project engaging professionals in theatre who are also parents/carers of disabled children or adults. It is grounded in co-production, bringing researchers and practitioners together to […]
Teaching Differently: Developing Creative Agency in the Special School Classroom
The Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health (SDHRC) has partnered with Open Theatre Company (OTC) to research and evaluate Teaching Differently: Developing Creative Agency in the Special School […]
Urgent Call to Address Challenges Faced by Freelance Parents in the Dance Profession
Latest research by PiPA reveals risk of injury and exhaustion as new mothers feel pressures to return to work too soon Funded by Dance Professionals Fund and conducted by Professor Angela Pickard, Canterbury Christ Church […]
Why dance and music can be beneficial for people living with Parkinson’s Disease
On World Parkinson’s Day Professor Angela Pickard explains how the University is supporting research into health and wellbeing to show the benefits of creative and performing arts. Parkinson’s Disease […]
AHRC funded Dance Educator’s Network: Critical Dance Pedagogy through Discourse and Practice
Symposium: Exploring Intersectionality, Intertextualities, Identities, and Inequalities Date: Friday, 1st March 2024 Time: 10.00am- 5:00pm (registration from 9.30am) Venue: Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) & Online Event overview and objectives: […]