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: […]
Canterbury Festival: Celebrating Arts for Health and Wellbeing
On Wednesday 1st November the Sidney De Haan Research Centre held an event to showcase Arts for health and wellbeing as part of Canterbury Festival. The event started with a […]
AHRC Dance Educator’s Critical Dance Pedagogy through Discourse and Practice Network
The AHRC-funded Dance Educator’s Critical Dance Pedagogy Network is a potentially transformative 18-month initiative, aiming to challenge ingrained biases within dance education. Led by Professor Angela Pickard and co-led by […]
Sidney De Haan Research Centre Showcase
On Wednesday 12th July, the Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health held a Showcase Event, as part of the Faculty of Medicine, Health, and Social Care’s Research […]
Changing Faces of Breast Cancer
An auto ethnographical study based on the evolving identities involved with breast cancer treatment: ‘In December 2018, I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer. What followed was ten months of gruelling treatment […]
Little Big Dance
Babies and Young Children at the Centre of Creative and Artistic Movement and Dance: This 3-year project is profiling babies and young children as co-creators of creative and artistic work. […]