Staff A-Z

Alongside her research, Rebecca teaches on the BA Contemporary Dance, BSc Dance Science, MA Performance, MA/MFA Dance Science, and Graduate Diploma programmes at Trinity Laban. She supervises dissertation students and teaches release-based contemporary technique, research methods, dance history, and culture perspectives in dance.

Rebecca completed her PhD at the Centre of Dance Research in 2019. She holds an MA in Dance with Distinction from London Contemporary Dance School (2010) and a BA (Hons) in Dance Theatre with First Class Honours from Trinity Laban (2008). Rebecca has worked as a visiting lecturer at Bird College, Coventry University, London Studio Centre and the University of London. In 2019 she was invited to be a member of the contemporary dance technique assessment panel at the English National Ballet School.

Rebecca is co-editor of ‘Digital Annotation and the Understanding of Bodily Practices,’ a special issue of the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media. As a dancer, Rebecca has worked with Yvonne Rainer and Cat Patterson, performing in Yvonne Rainer: Dance Works (2014) and the BBC4 documentary Dance Rebels: A Story of Modern Dance (2015).

Education:

2019: PhD in Dance, Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University

2010: MA in Dance (with Distinction), London Contemporary Dance School

2009: Post-graduate Diploma in Performance (with Distinction), London Contemporary Dance School

2008: BA Dance Theatre (First Class Honours), Trinity Laban

Publications:

deLahunta, S., Rittershaus, D., & Stancliffe, R. (2021) Editorial. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 17(1), 1-6

Stancliffe, R. (2021) Differentiating (an)notation practices: an artist-scholar’s observation.  International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 17(1), 69-85

Stancliffe, R. (Forthcoming) Moving (together) in a distributed setting: The impact of online music and dance delivery for older adults’ lived experience. In L. Bissell & L. Weir (Eds.) Performance in a Pandemic. Routledge.

Stancliffe, R., Wakeling, K., Evans, L. & Howard, S. (Forthcoming) ‘Beyond the Walls’: The Artist-Researcher and Performative Dissemination. In  R. Prior & T. Fischer (Eds.) Applied Arts and Health, Education and Community: Building Bridges. Intellect.

Stancliffe, R. (2019) Training the Analytical Dance Eye: Video Annotation for Dance. Theatre, Dance and Performance Training 10(2), 273-288

Stancliffe, R. (2018) Video Annotation for the Articulation and Transmission of Dance. In S. Ellis, H. Blades, & C. Waelde, C. (Eds.) A World of Muscle, Bone and Organs. Coventry University, pp. 358-381.

Stancliffe, R. (2018) Mediating and Visualising Steve Paxton’s Material for the Spine. In S. Whatley, R. K. Cisneros, & A. Sabiescu (Eds.) Digital Echoes: Spaces for Intangible and Performance-based Cultural Heritage. Palgrave MacMillan, pp. 213-230

Stancliffe, R. (2017) Zoi Dimitriou’s The Chapter House [review]. Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices 9(2), 305-309

Meehan, E., Blades, H. & Stancliffe, R. (2015) Editorial. Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices 7(1), 3-5

Selected presentations:

Chappell, K., Redding, E., Crickmay, U., Stancliffe, R., Jobbins, V., & Smith, S. (2021) Bodies of Evidence. Contribution of dance to health and wellbeing: Debating research methodologies and impact. Wellcome Centre for the Cultures + Environments of Health, 19 April, i-symposium.

Howard, S. & Stancliffe, R. (2019) ‘Beyond the Walls: Performative Dissemination in Arts and Health Work. Paper presented at the Building Bridges in Applied Arts and Health, Education and Community: From the Past to the Present and Future conference, 7–10 August, Telford, Shropshire.

Stancliffe, R. (2018) ‘Video Annotation as an Analytic Practice’. Research seminar at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, 7 November, London.

Godoy, M., Kräftner, B., & Stancliffe, R. (2018) Panel at the Perform. Record. Enrich. Share: Opening up and publishing processes in performance creation colloquium, October 24th, Zurich University for the Arts, Zurich.

Allain, P., Naccarato, T., Stancliffe, R. Stansbie, L., & Whatley, S. (2018) ‘REF Panel’. Panel at the Dance Dialogues: Discipline, Practice and Futures event, 7 September,

Awards:

2020: Longlist nominee for Dance One UK’s Rising Star award

2019: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

2015: Winner of the Coventry School of Arts and Design poster competition

2015: Coventry University PhD Studentship, Centre for Dance Research

2008: The Sylvia Bodmer Memorial Fund Award for Outstanding Achievement in Choreological Studies

Having also studied dance vocationally at London Studio Centre, Leanne still enjoys participating in dance and now applies dance science techniques when in class and also when teaching young students. As an active member of the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, Leanne has previously volunteered as part of their Student Committee and is now currently a member of their Promotions Committee.  Leanne is also a qualified Group Exercise to Music instructor and hopes to incorporate this within her work in Dance Science in the future.

Since graduating Leanne has worked as a Graduate Intern in both the Dance Science and Health department at Trinity Laban and now also works as a Lecturer on the BSc Dance Science programme as Module Leader of Researching Dance Science. Leanne also teaches Dance Science to the first year students studying at Bird College. Leanne is also Communications Coordinator for The Bridge Dance Project which is a cooperative endeavour between leaders in the dance medicine and science field, and in the competition / commercial dance field.

As a freelance teacher Christine has taught Rambert Dance Company, NDT 2, Scapino Dance Company, Charleroi Dance Company, Jonathan Burrows Group, AMP, and Scottish Dance Theatre. Christine also teaches on the International Dance Course for professional dancers and choreographers. She teaches Evening classes at the Place in London.

Rahel is a certified Body-Mind Centering practitioner and holds an MA in Arts: The Body in Performance. She teaches dance, improvisation and performance practice for different organisations in the UK and abroad. At the moment she is a guest lecturer at Trinity Laban, teaching contemporary technique (BA) and choreography (MA). 2016 she was acting artistic director of Transitions, MA in Performance, and in 2017 acting head for the MA Choreography at Trinity Laban.

Rahel has worked in collaborative contexts, amongst others, with dancer/choreographer Wally Cardona (NY), filmmaker Ruth Schlaepfer (CH) and company Pool (CH).
For over 20 years she worked, amongst others with Rosemary Butcher, Iztok Kovac (for film), Philippe Gehmacher, Charles Linehan, Liz Roche Cie, Ricochet Dance Company.

Berenice Beverley Zammit is a Performance Consultant and Coach. Berenice works with various performing artists and non-artist performers on mental and physical strategies which optimise performance. She also works with various performing arts institutions on areas relating to performers’ general health and wellbeing.

Berenice is also a researcher, lecturer and professional violinist. Her research interests encompass peak performance, pre-performance routines, psychological skills, physical activity, general health and wellbeing. Her PhD at the Royal College of Music investigated pre-performance routines and strategies adopted by professional musicians to optimise performance.