Victoria Watts

Victoria Watts Tel: 020 7326 8068
Email: vwatts@rad.org.uk

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Qualifications and Position:

AIDTA (ballet), BA (Hons) Dance in Society, Advanced Labanotation, Advanced Benesh Movement Notation, Master of Fine Arts: Dance (with a concentration in multimedia technology), Teacher Certification in Labanotation, Graduate Certificate in Women's and Gender Studies
Lecturer in Dance Studies

Teaching:

BA (Hons) Dance Education
Master of Teaching: Dance

Research Interests and Projects:

I am completing the dissertation for a doctorate in Cultural Studies. My research focuses on the history and development of dance notation systems, and contends that dance notation practices provide an exemplary object of study for scholars interested in questions of visuality and embodied subjectivity. A key component of my dissertation is a comparative analysis of four different scores of Balanchine’s Serenade.

Professional Activities:

I am the Chair of the British Fulbright Scholars Associaton.

Conference Presentations:

A full listing of my conference presentations, with links to full-text and video in some instances, can be accessed here: http://web.me.com/victoriajanewatts/VWatts/Curriculum_Vitae.html