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Description
This poster presents the theoretical basis, design and methodology of the Horizon Europe project d@rts. The project investigates and creates performing arts education contexts where enhancing cultural literacy leads to social cohesion and inclusion through music, dance and drama. d@rts focus on five European countries (Norway, Finland, Germany, Italy, Serbia) and two non-European countries (Uganda and Aotearoa/New Zealand). Our target groups include all ages and social positions in school systems and community arts initiatives. The poster gives an overview of the project's work packages, including policy, survey, ethnographic and participatory research, and the development of evaluation tools, performative dialogical arts education actions and policy recommendations. d@rts imagines new futures and creates hope and social cohesion through performing arts education. By creating participatory spaces and facilitating dialogues, we listen to voices seldom heard. d@rts thus advances cultural literacy, and enhances social cohesion and resilience, to build an inclusive future for Europe.
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Kristie Mortimer (PhD)
is a postdoctoral researcher in arts education at Nord University. Kristie holds a PhD in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland, New Zealand (2020), and was awarded the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance 2020 at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her research explores dance education, pedagogies and practices in diverse socio-cultural contexts, including dance studios, community dance and prisons. Kristie is author of Dance and Cultural Difference in Aotearoa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), and has shared her work in international journals and conferences.
Professor Ralph Buck (PhD)
is Head of Dance Studies, and Associate Dean International, University of Auckland, New Zealand. His research and teaching focuses on dance education curriculum, dance pedagogy and community dance. Ralph is the UNESCO Co-Chair on Dance and Social Inclusion, and currently working within several international dance research and service organisations such as, World Alliance for Arts Education (WAAE). Ralph’s teaching and leadership has been recognised by: The University of Auckland Distinguished Teaching Award, 2008; Award for Leadership, 2010; Excellence Award for Equal Opportunities 2006; and, Creative Arts and Industries Research Excellence Award, 2016.
Sarah Foster-Sproull (PhD)
is a New Zealand based contemporary choreographer and Senior Lecturer in Dance Studies at the University of Auckland. Sarah is the Artistic Director of Foster Group Dance which has been government funded by Creative New Zealand since 2015, and Creative New Zealand’s Choreographic Fellow for 2017-2019. Her choreographic work has been performed in the New Zealand, Singapore, China, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Fiji. In her career as a performer, Sarah was a founding dancer and choreographer of The New Zealand Dance Company. Sarah is a distinguished graduate of the New Zealand School of Dance.
