Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- Dance Studies
- Choreographic Practices and Processes
- Practice as Research
- Affect Studies in performance
- The Maternal in performance
- Movement practices and performance
- Interdisciplinary performance practices
- Collaborative performance practices
Public outreach & key achievements
- Recent Choreographic Work:
- Please (2017) in collaboration with sociologist Carolyn Blair, dancer Leonie McDonagh, dramaturge Emily DeDakis, and composer Marty Byrne. This solo dance work used verbatim text from interviews with people suffering from eating disorders, giving insight into their experience of life with ED.
- Within: Body + Time (2018) in collaboration with co-choreographer and dancer, Aisling McCormick, and produced by Accidental Theatre. A solo dance work performed by a 37-week pregnant dancer and her unborn child, exploring the experience of time during pregnancy.
Research students
| PhD Title | ‘The use of Terzopoulos' Method and Greek Rituals in Choreography’ |
| Country | Greece |
| PhD Title | ‘Embodied Consciousness and Affect in Movement-based Improvisation Practices’ |
| Country | Argentina |
| PhD Title | ‘A study of actor-actor performance connection’ |
| Country | Belgium |
Discover More
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Arts, English and Languages
- Choreography and Corporeality Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research
- Irish Society for Theatre Research