Ms Elizabeth Foster
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Job title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Dance Movement Studies
Email: l.foster@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 594047
Room: BM307
Experience in Industry
Dancer/performer
Dance practitioner with major dance companies
Current Activities / Links with Industry
Project work with Royal Opera House, Royal Ballet School, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Buxton Opera House, Deda, Rambert Dance Company
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Health and Social Care
Subject Area: Mental Health and Therapeutic Practice
I am a member of the Therapeutic Arts team and one of two dance specialists within our school. I also hold an MA in Dance/Movement Psychotherapy.
Teaching responsibilities
I am module leader for the second and third year choreographic courses. I also deliver Dance, Diversity and Inclusion to the second years and Physicality and Technique to the first years. I deliver occasional sessions for the collaborative performance module of the Creative Expressive Therapies programme. I also deliver occasional lectures for the MA Dramatherapy programme. I supervise undergraduate and post-graduate IS and Body of Work
Professional interests
My work outside the University includes education and choreographic project work with the Royal Opera House, Birmingham Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, Buxton Opera House and the Royal Ballet School. I am also an animateur for Rambert Dance Company and teach the company's repertoire in a variety of educational settings. More locally, I teach ballet and contemporary technique at Deda, Derby's dance centre. I have accompanied the Royal Ballet Company on two international tours providing workshops for local dance artists and with some of Hong Kong's para-olympic athletes as well as with dance artists from Taiwan. I have also taught on the HAMK summer school in Finland representing Derby University. More recently I have choreographed an opera and choreographed and directed a piece of dance/theatre for the Buxton Festival (2011 and 2012 respectively) I also teach ballet to the CAT students in Nottingham
Research interests
Dance in education and the common ground between DMT and dance as an educational tool.
International Experience
Work with Royal Ballet Company in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Work representing Derby University at the HAMK Summer School in Finland
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
Member of NDTA and FCD
Recent Conferences
Seesion delivered at NDTA at Royal Opera House 2011 exploring the use of repertoire in creative work
Additional Interests and Activities
Film and fell running/walking
Undergraduate qualifications
- BA (Hons) English and Philosophy, University of Manchester
- Pilates Instructor, STOTT Pilates
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA Dance/Movement Psychotherpay, Laban
- PGCE in Post-Compulsory education, University College of Christchurch
