15/09/2025
AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Network Series: Episode 6: Reflections and Considerations on the Dance Research Matters Networks Programme with Vipavinee Artpradid and Helen Weedon
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In this episode, Vipavinee and Helen reflect upon the five AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Networks and the wider incentive for the Dance Research Matters campaign. They share insight into the rich connections and relationships formed throughout the networks and the wider sector to welcome those both within and outside of the dance field. We also discuss the need for those in the sector to find new approaches to working and remind listeners of the value of dance research.
Helen is a Senior Investment Manager at the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the Creative Industries Team. Having studied Performance Arts at Middlesex University and gained a PGCE from De Monfort University, Helen spent her early career teaching dance and performing arts in schools and FE colleges. She then moved into local government arts and cultural services and joined AHRC in 2019 and is Co-Chair of the UKRI Staff Carers Network.
Vip’s research applies embodied and inclusive qualitative research methodologies for social change and draws from her background in media anthropology, social anthropology, and cultural studies. Her PhD (2020) applied phenomenography to dance audience engagement to explore variations in ways of understanding disability. Vip is an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE), Coventry University.
The five AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Networks explore current issues and generate change and legacy for the sector. The ecosystems created by the Networks traverse across South Asian dance, digital black dance, future producing dance ecologies, critical dance pedagogies, and pluriversal dance practices and will be mapped for reach and impact in and beyond the sector.
University of Chichester Dance University of Chichester Conservatoire Centre for Dance Research
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