Name: Guest lecture: Dance Education and Brain Based Teaching and Learning
Start: 2024-11-28T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-28T15:30:00+01:00
Location: Malostranské náměstí 12, 11800 Prague, Czech Republic

MA Deborah Williams, PhD
This lecture will discuss the emerging trend of Brain Based teaching and learning and how it can be included in the dance classroom. This method seeks to implement different “ways” of learning that stimulate the right and left side of the brain for increased brain functioning and retention. To be explored are the basic principle, as well as how it is being interpreted by dance scholars such as Ann Green Gilbert and Eric Jenson.
When and Where: 28th November 2024 14-15:30, classroom H2025
MA Deborah Williams, PhD holds a BA in Dance with a focus on education and community partnerships from Smith College (Five College Dance Department) USA. From the University of Roehampton in London, Deborah received both an MA in Dance Anthropology and a PhD in Dance. Her research is rooted in the fields of dance anthropology, ethnography, and oral history, and centres around highlighting the voices of non-professional dancers. Her current research areas include investigating dance, social value, and representation, and dance/movement within digital game design. Her most recent publication is, Dance, Performance and Visual Art: Intersections with Material Culture, (Palgrave 2024) where she served as both editor and contributor. Deborah is a Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies at the University of Malta.