Miss Claire Farmer

Acting Director of Programmes for Dance

Claire Farmer

  • School Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries

  • Department School of Arts

  • Location London

Research activities

Claire's PhD research lies in physiology and biomechanics within student and professional dancers.

Alongside this Claire also researches in dance for health of the general population and through consumer arts consumption.


Current Teaching

DAN1411 - Module leader (mat cover), Intro to Dance Science

DAN2544 - Module leader, Postural Analysis

DAN3666 - Functional Movement Screening

DAN3677 - Module leader Dance Science Research Project 

MRes - Project Supervision


Biography

Claireis a Senior Lecturer in Dance Science at Middlesex University and an Early Careerresearcher, currently undertaking a PhD investigating upper body strength indance. Claire’s academic research lies in dance physiology and biomechanics,alongside research into the impact of dance on the aesthetics and health ofmature dancers and special educational needs (SEN). She is also particularly interested in the gender balance ofmedical and sports/dance science research and how this informs training practices.

Claireholds a BA (hons) Dance Studies with Drama, theatre and performance studiesfrom Roehampton University and an MSc Dance Science from Trinity LabanConservatoire of Music and Dance and is also a qualified Strength andConditioning coach. Claire has worked extensively with UK dance and circuscompanies including All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre, Gravity and Levity,Pagrav Dance Company and Dance East CAT programme.

External activities

  • Journal reviewer, Journal of Dance Medicine and Science,
  • Dance Educators Committee, International Association for Dance Medicine and Science,

    • Publications

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