Rachel Emms

I teach performance, preparation, and presentation (public events including working at Beamish Museum), experimental practices (site-specific work), composition (choreography), key practitioners (research and choreography), physical dance theatre (issue-based work), and staging the dance (showcase).

I facilitate the DUSC undergraduate professional tour of primary schools and colleges which is embedded within Dance practice and application at Stage 3. I also teach arts identity and industry, community education, and musical theatre.

I am currently working collaboratively with Sarah Riach on developing Learningbods© which is a model to teach children key aspects of the curriculum through dance theatre. Numberbods (2016) and Sciencebods (2017) toured primary schools. This outreach has been commended by an Education specialist consultant as an excellent and innovative model of practice.

I have also worked collaboratively with ATs Andrew Clarence and Mat Hobbins on the writing and production of a range of children's musicals performed at the Whitley Bay Playhouse. Such activity feeds into a number of modules in the performing arts suite of courses.

My specialist areas are choreography, dance theatre, experimental practice, and musical theatre, all of which are reflected in the offers here at University of Sunderland.

I am the mental health first aider for the performing arts team and a mental health champion for the University.