Adam Benjamin delivers keynote lecture

Plymouth University researcher Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, has given a keynote speech at DanceAble symposium in Den Haag, The Netherlands to raise awareness about ‘inclusive dance’ and the empowerment of dancers with disabilities. The keynote followed a recent trip to the LABO inclusive dance symposium at the Royal Conservatoire of the Arts in… Continue reading Adam Benjamin delivers keynote lecture

Plymouth University researcher visits Japan

Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, has visited Tokyo to work with Integrated Dance Company – Kyo in preparation for the company’s upcoming visit to the UK. The dancers will participate in the integrated dance summer school run by the University’s School of Humanities and Performing Arts, and perform Open State, choreographed by Adam,… Continue reading Plymouth University researcher visits Japan

Visiting Professor awarded Honorary Life Member Award

Professor Tansin Benn, Visiting Professor at Plymouth University, has been as awarded Honorary Life Member Award from the International Association of Physical Education and Sport for Girls and Women and Dance (IAPESGW) in recognition of her significant, sustained and outstanding contribution to the work of the Association at the 18th IAPESGW World Congress held in… Continue reading Visiting Professor awarded Honorary Life Member Award

Adam Benjamin featured in new book about international dance leadership

Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, is one of six international dance artists featured in a new publication entitled Dance Leadership: Theory into Practice by Jane Alexandre (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017) This “what is”—rather than “how to”— volume proposes a theoretical framework for understanding dance leadership for dancers, leaders, and students of both domains, illustrated by… Continue reading Adam Benjamin featured in new book about international dance leadership

22 March 2017: Research Seminar on Performance, Intimacy and Emotion

Ruth Way & Russell Frampton, 'Blind Torrent' (2012)

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. All welcome.  Papers by Ruth Way and Eugenia Stamboliev Wednesday 22 March 2017, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building, room 308 “Clearing A Path: Somatic transformations in the Opening of Hearts and Spaces, Dances of Self-Agency and Empathic Response” Ruth… Continue reading 22 March 2017: Research Seminar on Performance, Intimacy and Emotion

2 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar on movement, touch & collaboration

Please join us for the next PEP Talk, the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. Wednesday 2nd November 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building room 207, Plymouth University This session features the following two papers, one by Adam Benjamin and one by Abigail Jackson. Adam is a Lecturer in Theatre & Performance… Continue reading 2 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar on movement, touch & collaboration

Plymouth University at International Inclusive Dance Symposium in Antwerp

Plymouth University researcher Adam Benjamin, Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, travelled to Antwerp, Belgium with eleven Plymouth students and graduates to take part in the LAB International Symposium of Inclusive Dance and Re-thinking Bodies at the Royal Conservatoire of Dance from 19-21 October 2016. LAB is an inclusive dance research project, and Adam is a contributor at… Continue reading Plymouth University at International Inclusive Dance Symposium in Antwerp

4 May 2016: performance research seminar on moving, being & thinking at Plymouth University

You are warmly invited to attend the next in our series of PEP Talks, the seminar series for the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University. Wednesday 4 May 2016
, 16.30 – 18.00pm, in the Jill Craigie Cinema, Roland Levinsky Building, Plymouth University  The papers will be presented by Phil Smith and Ruth Way. Abstracts and titles for both are… Continue reading 4 May 2016: performance research seminar on moving, being & thinking at Plymouth University

Feature: “Improvisation, Joint Action & an Uncanny Golden Retriever”

BY ADAM BENJAMIN In 2014, I was in Berlin to lead an improvisation workshop, as part of an initiative to make a place for integrated dance (dance for disabled and non-disabled dancers) within the summer festival of the Tanzfabrik School. Amongst the dancers to arrive on the first morning was lawyer and dancer, Silke Schöenfleisch,… Continue reading Feature: “Improvisation, Joint Action & an Uncanny Golden Retriever”