Gerard M. Samuel

Full Name
Gerard M. Samuel
First Name
Gerard
Surname
Samuel
Additional Name
Manley
Alternate Name
Gerry Samuel
Honorific Prefix
Dr
Biography
Dr. Gerard M. Samuel holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town entitled Dancing the Other in South Africa (2016). His thesis draws on the ontologies of marginalisation for older dancers suggesting the term ‘body-space’ as a theoretical tool to observe bodies and dancing as states of becoming. Gerard is part of an international research project Knowledge Production, Archives and Artistic Research supported by the University of Copenhagen; Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation; and Danish Cultural Institute. He is currently researching a co-authored book with leading scholars in Brazil, Peru, India, Denmark and Namibia which he hopes to publish as ‘south-south dialogues in Dance: performance and pedagogy’ (working title) shortly. Gerard developed LeftfeetFIRST dance theatre – a youth dance company with dancers with disabilities in his home province, KwaZulu-Natal. His publications including “Shampoo dancing and scars ...” (2011), and “(dis)graceful dancing bodies…”(2015) are integral to the UCT Dance curriculum. His interest in yoga and knowledge of bonsai and roses continues to bloom. Gerard is Director of the School of Dance at the University of Cape Town (UCT) since May 2008. He also holds a Diploma in Ballet (1984) and enjoyed a career as ballet dancer and choreographer. Gerard obtained a Master of Arts degree from the Drama and Performance Studies Programme at the University of Natal in 2002.
Nationality
South African
Birth Date
3 June 1964
Birth Place
Durban
UCT Role
Academic
Academic Position
Associate Professor
Start Date
May 2008
Member Of UCT Department
CTDPS People
UCT Faculty
Humanities
ORCID
0000-0002-2096-2392
Alumni of
University of Cape Town
UKZN (Formerly University of Natal)
Affiliation(s)
Dance Studies Association
Flatfoot Dance company
SA international Ballet Competition
Keywords
Dance Studies
Contemporary Dance in South Africa
Dance Pedagogy
Dance History & Aesthetics

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Dancing Prism Choreographer TheaterEvent
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(K)not in dance: bodies and dancing as states of becoming. Text
Desiderata: Dancing social cohesion in Cape Town. Text
Conversations from a microtopia of integrated arts education integrated arts education in a South African Primary School. Text
E tudo uma questao de arte! Atravessar as Frontiers da academia e da pratica artistica num project educativo integrado na area das artes na Africa do sul. Text
Resilience in an embodied perspective: the impact of integrated arts education on experiences of South African primary school children post Covid-19 lockdown. Text
The untouchable body. Text
Huff! Puff! Blow the house down: Contemporary Ballet in South Africa. Text
Reaching Back to Move Forward. Performing the archive as interdisciplinary artistic-educational practice. Text
‘It’s all about art!’ Crossing borders of academic and arts practice in an arts-integrated educational project in South Africa. Text
'Seeing’ and ‘being seen’: an embodied culturally sensitive arts-integrated pedagogy creating enriched conditions for learning on multi-cultural schools. Text
Dance Pedagogy and arts Integration: access and inclusion. Text
Intercultural teaching and learning in dance and visual arts: Co-creating an artistic-educational space among South African children and artist-educators from Cape Town and Copenhagen. Text
The ugly duckling: stories of dance and disability from Denmark and South Africa. Text
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Example of Best Practice: Getting to the core of Red Apples-Green Apples: A dance and visual arts learning project between South Africa and Denmark Text
‘Seeing’ and ‘being seen’: An embodied and culturally sensitive arts-integrated pedagogy creating enriched conditions for learning in multi-cultural schools. Text