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January 9
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Simon Fraser University
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Henry
Last Name (Family Name)
Daniel
About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..short bio/ THis is the most important. It is the only way to know that you are not a SPAMBOT!Be generous!
Background as an actor with Derek Walcott's Trinidad Theatre Workshop and as a dancer with Astor Johnson's Repertory Dance Theatre of Trinidad and Tobago; soloist with the José Limón Dance Company of New York; dancer, choreographer, theatre and performance lecturer in Germany and the UK; Artistic Director of Full Performing Bodies, Henry Daniel is an Associate Professor of Dance and Performance Studies at SFU Contemporary Arts in Vancouver, Canada and lead researcher for Transnet (Transdisciplinary Research Network for Performance and Technology). He attended the Boston Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School as a dancer and has an MA in Dance Studies from City University The Laban Centre, London, and a Ph.D. from the Bristol University Department of Drama: Theatre , Film, Television in the UK. His impressive track record on the international scene has led and continues to lead to advances in cultural knowledge by bringing to bear the perspectives and skills of the artist/scholar. Through his collaborations with researchers from the fields of science and engineering, he enables and contributes to technological innovation. His latest choreographic work Imprint II, with composer Owen Underhill and the Turning Point Ensemble for the SFU Woodward's Inaugural Program, is a daring, site-specific work for dancers, large music ensemble and telepresence technology. The piece is an interactive installation and a live performance work that challenges the aesthetics of the art gallery and the proscenium stage as performative spaces.
Occupation ( maximum of three):
Movement artist(dancer/interdisciplinary performer), Stage director (choreographer/ theater director), Interactive space designer (video and sound installations/ performances and networked spaces), Independent Educators (consultant/ instructors/ workshop leaders/ lecturers/ researchers), Academic Educators (formally teaching and researching in a university)
English is the main language of this site, but let us know which language you would use in this network besides English:
German
