ACADEMIC POSTS
2012-14 - University of Bedfordshire. Senior Lecturer in Dance
2011-12 - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Lecturer in Contemporary Dance
2007-11 - Scottish School of Contemporary Dance. Associate Lecturer in Dance
2002-06 - Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Lecturer
2001 - Royal Ballet School, London. Contemporary dance teacher
2001-02 - University of Derby. PT Dance lecturer
2001-02 - University of Leeds. PT Movement tutor
FREELANCE TEACHING
Professional and community level classes and workshops including Dance Base Edinburgh, Michael Clark Company, Scottish Ballet, AMP, Scottish Dance Theatre, Danceworks London, Pineapple Dance London
RESEARCH
Areas of interest and expertise include: contemporary dance practices; somatic practices; embodiment in the context of dance; collaborative and interdisciplinary performance practice; improvisation in performance; dance and technology
PUBLICATIONS
Biggs, S., Hawksley, S. and McDonnell, M. (2022)
The Dancer in the Machine. Digital Culture & Society, Vol.8. (2), pp. 67-84.
Neville, Sarah; Matthew Thomas; Alex DeGaris; Sue Hawksley; Daish Malani (2022) Glasshouse: A Dance for Virtual Reality: Glasshouse - A three part virtual reality experience for Oculus Quest 2. Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2022 Immersive Pavilion Conference, July 2022. Article No.: 6 Pages 1-2, ACM.
Hawksley, S. (2021) Landscape in the figure: cultivating presence as nature , Conceição | Conception. Campinas, SP. (Special Issue - Anthropo-scenes: performing arts, ecology, and diversity of ways of life). Vol. 10, (00), p. e021009.
Hawksley, S. (2016) Coping with the (interactive) environment: the performative potential of interactivity. Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices - Special issue, Embodiment, Interactivity and Digital Performance. Vol.8. (1) , pp.43-56.
Biggs, S., Hawksley, S. & Paine, G. (2016) Bodytext: somatic data as agency in interactive dance. in: Fernandez, C. (ed) Multimodality and Performance, Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcsastle, UK, pp.179-186.
Biggs, S., Hawksley, S. & Paine, G. (2014) Crosstalk: making people in interactive spaces. MOCO '14. Proceedings of the 2014 International Workshop on Movement and Computing. ACM, New York, NY.
Hawksley, S. (2013) Dancing on the Head of a Sin. Leonardo Electronic Almanac, Special Issue: Without Sin: Taboo and Freedom within Digital Media, Vol 19 (4), pp.84-97.
Hawksley, S. (2012) Dancing to an understanding of embodiment. (PhD Thesis) Edinburgh College of Art thesis and dissertation collection, Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh.
Hawksley, S. (2012) Traces of Places. The Peripatetic Studio. Available from http://twopoint5.co.uk/tps/traces-of-places/
Hawksley, S. (2011) Choreographic and somatic strategies for navigating bodyscapes and tensegrity schemata. Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices, Vol.3 (1+2), pp.101-110.
Biggs, S., Dima, M., Ekeus, H., Hawksley, S., Timmons, W. & Wright, M. (2009) The "H" in HCI: Enhancing perception of interaction through the performative. in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Vol.5622, pp. 3-12.
Hawksley, S. (2009) re-membering(s): Being There and Then, and Here and Now. Premise, University of Edinburgh Post Graduate Student Journal
Hawksley, S. & Biggs, S. (2006) Memory Maps in interactive dance environments. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media 2: 2, pp. 123-137.
CONFERENCE & SYMPOSIA PRESENTATIONS
2023
6th International Dance and Somatic Practices Conference - Coventry University
Film-sharing - Dwell: landscape in the figure
2022
SIGGRAPH '22, Immersive Pavilion - University of Vancouver
Presentation - Glasshouse: a Dance for Virtual Reality
ANAT SPECTRA 2022 - University of Melbourne
Demonstration - Glasshouse: a VR dancework by Sarah Neville
2019
ISCMA 2019: Art Machines. International Symposium on Computational Media Art, City University of Hong Kong
Paper - Dancer in the Machine
2018
Panpapanpalya 2018: 2nd Joint Congress World Dance Alliance & Dance and the Child International, University of South Australia
Lecture demonstration Double Agent
Panel discussion Moving together: Intergenerational dance, somatic education and urban citizenship
2016
Creative Industries Research Seminar series, University of South Australia
Perfomance & workshop - Crosstalk
2015
Electronic Literature Organization Conference, University of Bergen
Paper & demonstration - Crosstalk
Choreographic Research Aotearoa, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries University of Auckland
Presentation - Dancing to an Understanding of Embodiment: practice-led PhD process
Sonic Arts Research forum, University of Adelaide
Presentation - Interdisciplinary collaborative performance practice: Crosstalk
2014
MOCO 14 International Workshop on Movement and Computing, Pompidou Centre, Paris
Paper and demonstration - Crosstalk: Making People in Interactive Spaces
ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University
Performance - Crosstalk. Panel discussion Making People in interactive spaces
2013
Edinburgh International Festival Glitch'd Workshop, University of Edinburgh
Performance & presentation - Crosstalk
TaPRA 2013 Conference, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
Paper - Crosstalk
ISEA 203: 19th International Symposium on Electronic Art, University of Sydney
Paper- Somatic Data as Agency in Interactive Dance
1st International conference on Multimodal Communication: Language, Performance and Digital Media, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Paper - Bodytext: Computing Soma
2012
P{e/a}r{i/a}meter Symposium 2012, University of Edinburgh
Presentation and screening - Traces of Places
Gaming the Game: Tweaking, Cheating, Hacking, Creeping - International conference, UC Davis
Performance & presentation Bodytext
Pecha Kucha Edinburgh #16, Inspace University of Edinburgh
20x20 presentation - Edinburgh (Dance) Steps
Artachat @ Beholder Exhibition, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
Performance, panel discussion & screening - Traces of Places
2011
Neuroscience and Dance Workshop, University of Glasgow
Paper - haptic_dance
Dance and Somatic Practices International conference, University of Coventry
Paper - Choreographic and somatic strategies for navigating bodyscapes and tensegrity schemata
P{e/a}r{i/a}meter Symposium 2011, University of Edinburgh
Paper - Where the Dance Is
Embodied Values: the Senses in Motion Seminar, University of Edinburgh
Experiential session - haptic_dance
Bodies in Movement: Intersecting Discourses of Materiality in the Sciences and the Arts. International conference, University of Edinburgh
Paper - Bodytext: speech, script, (re)action, iteration. An enactive, interactive inquiry into embodiment and language
2010
Figures of the Visceral Symposium, University of Edinburgh
Paper - Body-scapes and tensegrity-schemata: performative strategies for negotiating multiple-selves and unstable environments.
Performance - Bodytext
SEAM 2010: Somatic Embodiment, Agency & Mediation in Digital Mediated Environments. University of Western Sydney/Critical Path
Performance & presentation Bodytext
Theorizing Creativity: embodiment, enaction and its (a)logical signature Seminar series, IASH, University of Edinburgh
Paper - Work in movement: enactive performance
Watching Dance: Kinaesthetic Empathy International Conference, University of Manchester
Movement workshop and Poster - Tactile Manoeuvres: touch and intention in dance
Edinburgh College of Art Research Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh
Panel discussion - Kinaesthesia: The Fuzzy Physicality of Being
Edinburgh College of Art Research Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh
Panel discussion - Kinaesthesia: The Fuzzy Physicality of Being
2009
Making Music for Dance, Making Dance with Music Symposium, University of Aberdeen/DanceLive @ Sound festival
Presentation - re-membering(s)
Dissolving Borders: Sustainability, Dance Ecology and the Moving Body Symposium, Northumbria University
Paper - Valuing old Vines
2008
Locating Inheritance: past + future PG research student conference, University of Edinburgh
Paper - The Muscle is a Mind?
2005
Digital Cultures Research Lab. Nottingham Trent University
Lab session:<bodytext> / Workshop and Symposium Panel - Capturing Dance/ Dance Software/ Dance and Science
