Dr Bonnie Rowell

 

Job Title: Principal Lecturer Qualifications: PhD

Bonnie studied performance arts at Middlesex Polytechnic, majoring in dance, and holds a Masters degree in Dance Studies from the University of Surrey, Guildford.  She completed her PhD, titled 'An Investigation into the Critical Analysis of Postmodern Dances' at Roehampton in 2003.
Current research interests include: postmodern dance; theoretical frameworks for meaning; dance and philosophy.

She has taught and examined at various Universities throughout the UK and has worked in the Dance Department at Roehampton for a number of years where her major teaching interests are postmodern dance, dance analysis and philosophy. She convened the undergraduate programme between 2000 and 2005. At present she convenes the MA cluster of dance programmes and teaches introductory and advanced modules in analysis during which she integrates theory and practice wherever possible.

Publications

Bonnie Rowell (2007) ‘Choreographic style – choreographic intention and embodied ideas’ , in Duerden, Rachel and Neil Fisher, eds., Dancing off the Page, 108-117.

Bonnie Rowell (2006) Postmodern Narratives: Multiple Histories, Autobiography and Understanding’, Society of Dance History Scholars Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Conference held in Alberta, Canada 15-18 June 2006, compiled by Allana Lindgren , 69-74.

Rowell, B (2000) Dance Umbrella. The First Twenty-One Years, London: Dance Books, 1-262.

Rowell, B. (2000) 'United Kingdom: an Expanding Map', in Europe Dancing, edited by Andrée Grau and Stephanie Jordan (Routledge), 188-205.

Rowell, B. (1999) 'The Historical Character of Dances', in Dance, Education, and Philosophy, edited by Graham McFee (Meyer & Meyer Sport), 33-44.

Research Expertise

Dance Analysis; Postmodern Dance; Dance and Philosophy.

Undergraduate courses taught at Roehampton:

Dance Studies

Postgraduate courses taught at Roehampton:

Dance: Ballet Studies
Dance Studies