Emily Dobson
Associate Lecturer in Dance & Choreography
Emily (Dobson) Alden is a dancer and choreographer who works across dance and theatre, live and digital formats and communities. Originally from the Midlands, Emily trained in Contemporary Dance at Bretton Hall College of Arts in Yorkshire and is now based in Cornwall.
Emily has worked extensively as a dancer in touring and site based productions with companies including WildWorks, Rosemary Lee, Cscape, Kneehigh & Simon Birch working under the direction of Emma Rice, Yael Flexer & Agnieszka Blonksa. Her dance films created with filmmaker Brett Harvey (Kneehigh, o-region, Lucasfilm) have been screened worldwide. In 2016 she was awarded Arts Council and British Council funding for an independent development project to work across the UK and mainland Europe with Theo Clinkard, Maxine Doyle and train in the movement language Gaga. She is currently creating new interdisciplinary performance work In My Head exploring everyday sound and hearing loss.
Emily has been an Associate Lecturer at Falmouth University since 2010, a part-time member of staff on the Dance and Choreography course for two of those years from 2014 to 2016 with roles including module management, student supervision, assessment and extensive delivery of practical modules and contemporary technique classes across all year groups.
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Qualifications
Qualifications
| Year | Qualification | Awarding body |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | PGCHE | Falmouth University |
| 2001 | BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance | Bretton Hall College of Arts |
Honors and awards
| Year | Description |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Associate Artist, Hall for Cornwall |
Membership of external committees
People DancingResearch Interests
Research interests and expertise
Training the Technical, Imaginative & Expressive Dancer
Multidisciplinary Collaboration
Performance
Dance for Camera
Movement Direction for Film & Theatre
Dance Photography
Research Outputs
Externally funded research grants information
| Collaborators | Currency | Funder | HESA Category | Project title | Value | Year ending | Year starting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Council England | In My Head - Creation of new work | 2019 | 2019 | ||||
| Arts Council England | (DYCP) Research - New Collaboration | 2019 | 2018 | ||||
| Arts Council England | Artistic Immersion & Skills Development Project | 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| British Council | Artistic Immersion & Skills Development Project | 2017 | 2017 |
Events
Successful Project Grant from Arts Council England to create new performance work 'In My Head' for touring in 2020/21, supported by Hall for Cornwall, Kneehigh Theatre and AMATA (Falmouth University).
Events
Curator of Hall for Cornwall Master Workshop #12 Programme 2019 with local, national and international artists delivering technical and devising workshops as CPD. For professional, undergraduate and experienced dancers, practitioners and choreographers.
Events
(DYCP) Arts Council England. Research and Development into multidisciplinary performance work exploring everyday sound and hearing loss with sound designer.
Events
Immersive Imaginations Workshop Series. An evolving series of workshops, classes & intensives led by Emily as part of her physical research as dancer & choreographer. A way to develop thinking, creative, expressive & technically driven dancers. A testing ground for Emily’s choreographic ideas exploring the interplay between set & improvised movement structures, working physically with quality & sensation, incorporating writing techniques.
Events
Co-producer of the Freefall Summer Intensive, annually from 2010 - 2016. Established the partnership relationship between Freefall and Falmouth University.
Events
Established and ran the Freefall FUEL summer project (2013/14) working with young dancers from across Cornwall at AMATA as part of the University's outreach programme of activities.
Events
Lead artist establishing a dance and art platform On The Wire (2012/13). Bringing together a film screening of international dance for camera works in conjunction with Cornwall Film Festival, a live platform of dance work and exhibition of art work and photography including commissioning Steve Tanner to create the photo series The Smoke House, supported by FEAST.
Teaching
Areas of teaching
- Bodywork
- Choreography
- Contemporary Techniques
- Devising
- Performing Skills
Courses taught
- BA(Hons) Dance & Choreography
CPD delivered
Immersive imaginationsworkshop series for dancers, choreographers and practitioners.
On-going physical and choreographic research.
Policy engagement within Cornwall
Engagement with organisations which contribute to the development of educational, cultural or socio-economic policies in Cornwall
Hall for Cornwall (Associate Artist & Curator of the Master Workshop #12 Programme)
FEAST Cornwall
Professional Engagement
Independent professional practice
Please see website www.emilyalden.com
