Dr Polly Hudson

Associate Professor in Dance

Email:
polly.hudson@bcu.ac.uk
Phone:
0121 331 7229

Polly is a Reader in Dance, and Head of Movement at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.

As an artist-scholar Polly’s practice engages with process within artistic making, ethical embodied approaches to teaching and leadership, and EcoSomatics, with a current focus on working class women’s labour of the body and on the land.

She is a dancer, teacher, gardener and writer.

Polly was a student at London Contemporary Dance School in the late 1980’s, joining their fourth-year graduate company by invitation whilst still in her third year of study, and graduating with a distinction in contemporary dance. She has made performance and Screendance works that have been shown internationally to critical acclaim.

A certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique (SRT), her PhD examined SRT in relationship to creativity and choreographic practices. She has taught across the world at conservatoires, universities and independently.

The unifying focus of Polly's work is embodiment: how do we inhabit our psycho-physical selves in ways that serve us best in any given situation? Her work is characterised by the notion of inhabiting our inner and outer landscapes simultaneously. 

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