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Lorraine Smith
Lorraine Smith is a performance maker and senior lecturer at Teesside University. Lorraine was artistic director/choreographer of Silversmith Dance Theatre (2006–14) and member of UK Arab dance troupe Al Zaytouna (2007–14), touring productions in the United Kingdom and internationally. Lorraine graduated from University College Chichester with a first class degree in dance studies, achieved a MA in choreography from Trinity Laban and a PGCHE (HEA fellowship) from Teesside University. Her passions include devising dance theatre and costume performance, which inform her research into the impact of costume on the performing body, costume as somatic tool, performance pedagogy, identity and ‘otherness’.
Contact: School of Arts & Creative Industries, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, Tees Valley TS1 3BX, UK.