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Exploring Movement, Dance, and Affect in Tourette Syndrome: Artist Residency at Dance City

Exploring Movement, Dance, and Affect in Tourette Syndrome: Artist Residency at Dance City

by The Platform | Oct 27, 2025 | Announcements, Moving Bodies, Research update

Throughout October and November Daniel P. Jones, artist and researcher in the Moving Bodies Lab at the Institute for Medical Humanities, is undertaking a dance-based artist residency at Dance City Newcastle. The residency expands upon Daniel’s ongoing research into...
Re-thinking and re-energising event engagement through dance   

Re-thinking and re-energising event engagement through dance   

by The Platform | Oct 24, 2025 | Events recap, Moving Bodies

Conferences and networking events typically centre around speaking, sitting, or both. Oftentimes, attendees enjoy varied presentations and selected panels, with only brief opportunities to move and connect over coffee in between. Recently, Emily Davis, Postdoctoral...
Care Aesthetics and Moving Bodies

Care Aesthetics and Moving Bodies

by The Moving Bodies Lab | Jul 24, 2024 | Moving Bodies, Visual & Material

A collaboration between the Moving Bodies and Visual & Material Labs. On the 9 and 10 of July, the Moving Bodies Lab and the Visual & Material Lab hosted a series of events on the theme of care aesthetics and moving bodies at St Chad’s College,...
Care Aesthetics & Moving Bodies workshop (10th July 2024)

Care Aesthetics & Moving Bodies workshop (10th July 2024)

by The Visual and Material Lab | Jun 29, 2024 | Events, Highlights, Moving Bodies, Visual & Material

Wednesday 10th July 2024, St Chad’s College, Durham (in-person only). This participatory workshop explores how bodies move in and through practices of care both within and outside of healthcare settings, and what a focus on the moving body/moving bodies can...

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