2024
Salzer, H., and Williams, D., From Physical Sensation to Digital Presentation: Exploring Interdisciplinary, World Building, Dance and Visual Art: Intersections with Material Culture, Palgrave, London (Forthcoming 2024)
Dankworth, L., Rottenburg, H., Williams, D.(eds), Dance and Visual Art: Intersections with Material Culture,Palgrave, London, (Forthcoming 2024)
Guzzanti, P., and D’Arcy, J. Frozen Scenography: Extending Somatic Movement Practice through 3D Scanning, World Building, Dance and Visual Art: Intersections with Material Culture, Palgrave, London (Forthcoming 2024)
2023
Accettura, S., 2023. ‘L’incontro tra danza e autismo: un’indagine qualitativa presentata attraverso l’uso di vignette’’ in Grassi, P. and Zammit, R. Bioethics and the paradox of appearance: fragility, dependence, disability in the various phases of life. Rome: Armando Editore, pp. 703-720.
Guzzanti, P., & D'Arcy, J. Pathways: Walking in a terrain in flux. In The Different Faces of Politics in the Visual and Performative Arts (pp. 201-219). Routledge India.
Westby, M, 2023. Dancing to a new beat : shifting the dialogue in mentoring to a more holistic approach in the Caribbean. Caribbean Education Research Journal, Special Issue: Academic Advising and Mentoring: Caribbean Perspectives, Volume 8, Issue 1, April 2023, 92. https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/fhe/education/publications/past-issues/volume-8-number-1.aspx
2022
Westby, M, 2022. Keep Movin’ On in Trinidad and Tobago : the complexities of COVID-19 on dance and dance education. Research in Dance Education. Volume 23, 2022 – Issue 1: Dance, Health and Wellbeing
2021
GUZZANTI, P., 2021. Documentary Screendance-making as a Practice of Kindness . Performance Paradigm, (6), pp. 218-226.
2020
Guzzanti, P., 2020. Facilitating Dance in Communities Affected by Forced Migration. Animated, Winter 2019/20 Ed. https://www.
2019
GUZZANTI, P., 2019. On the Emergence of Choreographic Material in 'Silent Pact'. Revista Corpo-grafías, Estudios críticos de y desde los cuerpos, 6(6).
Westby, Margaret (May 15, 2019). “Analog Era: From weaving rope to dancing objects: Yvonne Rainer’s Carriage Discreteness from 9 Evenings.” Issue 8: Interstitial, Intersecting, and Articulations in Dance and Movement. Dancercitizen.org
2018
Buckwalter, M. and Williams, D. (eds.), Choreomundus: A Program Profile, Contact Quarterly, Summer/Autumn 2018
GUZZANTI, P., 2018. The Language of Affect in Choreographic Practice: Conversations on the Making of Embodied at the GPO. Springer, pp. 93-111.
2017
CONNELL, G., NEWLAND, I. and GUZZANTI, P., 2017. In and out of Flow! improvisatory decision-making in dance and spoken word. Choreographic Practices, 8(2), pp. 259-277.
GUZZANTI, P., 2017. I-Reflexes: The Affective Implications of Bodies in Dance Improvisation Performance. PARtake: The Journal of Performance as Research, 1(2), pp. 9.
2013
Westby, Margaret (2013). “Asphyxia: A Feminist Journey Through Memory.” Natasha Davis: Performance Film Installation. United Kingdom: Natasha Productions.
Westby, Margaret (Spring 2013). “Exposing the Inner Workings: An Interview with Nancy Mauro-Flude“. In the .dpi issue 27: Hacktivism. Studio XX, Montreal, Quebec, CAN.
2012
Westby, Margaret. (Spring 2012). “Reconnecting with the Body: Destabilizing Dyads in Artistic Practice”. Upcoming in Aparté, «ACTES SEXUÉS: postures subversives du genre dans les pratiques performatives», École Supérieure de Théàtre, UQAM.
The department engages regularly in dance productions through various staff members, both in practice and in practice-led research. Some of the most recent performances and research outputs are listed below.
Sample performances and conference presentations
Accettura, Sara. 2018. Sara Accettura, Artistic director of Competition DanzApulia, 1st ed. and Dance Showcase #3, in Bari, Italy (March).
Mallia, Dorian. 2018. Moveo Dance Company’s Emergence, Valletta Campus Theatre, Valletta.
Piquero Alvarez, Lucía. 2018. Interaction between choreographic research and a city’s summer festival: in Oviedo, beyond and through. Performance and Culture: Cities, Embodiments, Technologies. School of Performing Arts annual conference, University of Malta, Valletta Campus, 7-9 March 2018
This research area focuses on the experiences of non-professional dancers, with special attention to areas of identity, transformational experience, memory, and social value. Other areas of research include investigating the intersections of dance anthropology and dance education, as well as community-based dance practice, and dance integrated curriculum design.
Sample publications and conference presentations
Buckwalter, M. and Williams, D. (eds.). 2018. 'Choreomundus: A Program Profile'. Contact Quarterly, Summer/Autumn.
Contact person: Dr Deborah Williams