Pauline Brooks
BA Hons; P.G.C.E; Dip Ed; Cert Contemporary Dance/Choreography; M.F.A.
Pauline as a senior lecturer in Dance is involved in creative research involving LJMU dance students which to date has been presented at international conferences on Dance, Technology and Pedagogy in the UK, USA and Malaysia. She is currently collaborating with Temple University in Philadelphia on joint research in dance and technology, bringing students from both universities together weekly via webcam links to create new work for the theatre and the virtual performance arena. Her research in this area has resulted in a 2009 LJMU Curriculum Innovations Award. She has been awarded a number of sabbaticals by LJMU CETL, (Centre of excellence in Teaching and Learning) to develop the area of dance and technology for the Dance Department. In 2004 she was made a LJMU Teaching Fellow in recognition to her contributions to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and learning at the university.
Previous to LJMU, she performed with Nexus Dance Theatre (Scotland), Springs Dance Co. (England), Ann Vachon/Dance Conduit and Sybil Dance Co. (USA) She has choreographed and taught extensively in the UK and overseas, including posts at Temple and Clarion Universities in America, as well as with Lectureships at Aberdeen and Edinburgh Universities. Her work in the community includes the post of Dance Artist in Residence in Scotland for Stirling District Council -- where she was active nationally as Chair of Community Dance Scotland and the Scottish Youth Festival.
Conferences
- Brooks, P. & Kahlich, L. (2009) New Frontiers for Aesthetic Pedagogy: Web-cam technology as a partner in creating new places and spaces for collaboration, National Dance History Scholars Annual Conference, Stanford University, California, USA, 27 June 2009.
Journal Papers
- Brooks. P. Kahlich, L., (2009) Reflections on a two-year joint international project using web-cam technology to create new opportunities for student choreographic collaborations, Innovations In Practice, Volume 2, Number 1, pp 41-48
Professional Publications
- Brooks, P. & Kahlich, L. (2009) New Frontiers for Aesthetic Pedagogy: Web-cam technology as a partner in creating new places and spaces for collaboration. Conference Proceedings National Dance History Scholars Conference Proceedings, June 2009
Dance Performances
- Watching performed by Interface 4 23 April 2009, Wakefield Arts Centre, 30 April 2009 Sudley Theatre and Conwell Theatre, Philadelphia USA via internet link.
- Interface 3 performed by JMUpstart Dance Co. at Brindley Theatre, Runcorn May 2009, Sudley Theatre May 2009; in the Bath Fringe Festival, 24 May 2009;
- Interplay performed by JMUpstart Dance Co in the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival at the Zoo, 24-31 August 2009
- Woven Spaces Across the Pond, Ch: Brooks, P., Kahlich, L. and Hancock, N., a telematic performance with students of Temple University and LJMU, Sudley Theatre, Liverpool with Conwell Theatre, Philadelphia, USA
- Co-Director International Telematic dance performance 30 April 2009 linking Sudley Theatre, Liverpool with Conwell Theatre, Philadelphia, USA
- Co-Director International Telematic dance performance 11 December 2009 linking Sudley Theatre, Liverpool with Conwell Theatre, Philadelphia, USA
