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January 30
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January 7, 2016
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Plymouth University
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Ruth
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Way
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Ruth Way is Associate Head of School, Performing Arts at Plymouth University and Subject Head for the Dance, Theatre and Performance Department. She is the Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Dance Theatre and ResM Dance and specialist teaching and research areas are in screendance , performance training, somatic movement practice and digital dance practices. Ruth has had an extensive career as a professional dancer and choreographer performing with Earthfall Dance and Lusty Juventus Physical Theatre and has presented her practice as research though performative papers, articles, screening and performances internationally. With visual artist Russell Frampton she is co-director of Enclave Productions developing dance/art films, which have been screened in France, Russia, Estonia, Australia, Poland, USA and Brazil. Dance film Blind Torrent (2012) was selected by DFA and screened in New York and also shown as part of an installation for the Oklahoma Dance Film Festival. Ruth was the choreographer for Heaven is a Place (2014) a dance film made in collaboration with Roberta Mock and Kayla Parker, screened at Plymouth and Warwick Arts Centres, on the Big Screen during Plymouth Pride 2014 and within the International Competition of Kino der Kunst 2015 (Munich and Nürnberg). Since 2004 Ruth has studied under Sondra Fraleigh in East West Somatic Movement Practice and her next publication will feature a chapter in Fraleigh’s new book ‘ Moving Consciously’ (2015). Ruth acts regularly as a mentor for emerging dance artists and choreographers and is a member of the board of Directors for Plymouth Dance.
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Movement artist (dancer/interdisciplinary performer), Independent Educators (consultant/ instructors/ workshop leaders/ lecturers/ researchers), Academic Educators (formally teaching and researching in a university)
