James
Hewison, Senior Lecturer in Dance and Course Leader for Dance and Professional Practice
I began a career in Higher Education after a decade
of work as a professional contemporary dance artist including extensive
international touring with Vtol Dance Company and Volcano Theatre Company,
amongst others.
I continue to engage with professional performance
and practice-led research through ongoing relationships with companies, institutions
and individuals across a range of academic and professional contexts.
Teaching role
My focus is on studio-based and practice-led areas
of contemporary dance and interdisciplinary performance practice including;
dance technique, choreography, performance direction and production.
Research interests
The focus of my research is practice-based enquiry in
dance and interdisciplinary dance-theatre performance. This continues and
extends from my background as a collaborative artist in professional performance.
My recent research has been conducted largely
through contribution to the internationally renowned performance work of Ersatz
Dance (Dir. Helen Bailey), which is based at the University of Bedfordshire.
Recent research outputs
Performer/Research Associate (2007-2010) e-dance (PI: Bailey): AHRC/JISC funded (£400,000.00)
project investigating dance and digital technologies
Author of What’s Working in Dance Hewison, J. (2006): Invited
article contribution in published proceedings of Arts into Employment
Conference (2005) PALATINE/University College Chester.
Research Associate and Performer in refereed paper/presentation
“Stereo Bodies: Choreographic Explorations in Real and Virtual Space” by
Helen Bailey and Martin Turner at DRHA 2006: Digital Resources in
Humanities and Arts International Annual Conference, Dartington.
Choreographer and performer in Next Stop Atlantis (2002).
International touring physical theatre production funded by AHRC Changing
Places: Hosted Visits Scheme.
Recent funding
awards
2009: Arts Council England
£13,000.00 GFA Award Here and There Ersatz Dance
2006: Arts Council England
£26,000.00 GFA Award “Artist: Space, Time, Money”
2005: Arts Council England
£15,600.00 GFA Award 2: Moving Ersatz Dance
2002: AHRC £16,000.00 Award
“Changing Places/Hosted Visits”
Service to the
academic/professional community
2009 British Council funded two-week programme of workshops and
performance-making in Qatar
and Kuwait.
2006: Solicited application by Arts Council England to “Artist:
Time, Space, Money” award
2005: British Council funded invitation to deliver a two-week
programme of lectures and workshops at The Latvian Centre for Contemporary
Dance in association with the Latvian Academy of Culture.
