Contemporary Circus, Light and the Choreographic, Leonora Carrington

Michelle Man lecturers in Dance and has been working at Edge Hill University since 2012. Her teaching practice has spanned over more than a quarter of a century and across a range of professional, institutional and community contexts in Europe and the UK. Her teaching includes Undergraduate and Post Graduate teaching in Dance and Performing Arts with specialisms in: dance techniques, choreographic practice, improvisation and composition, dance analysis, performance creation and mentoring of student-led practice. 

Michelle Man (MA, FHEA) is a Senior Lecturer in Dance at Edge Hill University, where she has been a member of staff since 2012. She teaches on the MA Making Performance and BA Hons Dance and her teaching specialisms include: collaboration in performance making, choreographic practice, improvisation and composition, mentoring of student-led practice and dance writing. On graduating from Elmhurst Ballet School in 1989, Michelle developed her professional career in Madrid, Spain. In 1996 she established her own company 'Michelle Man & Friends', (http://www.michellemanandfriends.com) collaborating extensively with composers, architects, lighting designers, musicians and multi-media artists. Michelle continues to choreograph internationally across a diverse range of contexts and disciplines that include contemporary dance, circus, theatre and music performance and her work has been received in Brazil, Chile, Korea, Italy, France, Germany, Spain as well as the UK. She has been commissioned by the Spanish Government, CDN (Spanish National Theatre), Teatro Real, Teatro Circo Price, and has been awarded funding for research and artistic production. Michelle holds a Masters in Making Performance (awarded Distinction) and she is currently a PhD Researcher in Dance at the University of Surrey, under the supervision of Dr Rachel Hann and Dr Adam Alston with the working title 'Light and the Choreographic'.