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Louisa Petts
Louisa Petts is a postgraduate researcher at the Centre for Dance Research (C-DaRE) at Coventry University. Her Ph.D. thesis is titled, ‘All dance is legitimate: An advocation and celebration of person-centred older adult dance practice’. She is the recipient of the Arts and Humanities Research Council studentship award, offered by Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. Her research interests broadly concern person-centred dance practices, that work to empower and include disadvantaged and marginalized communities. She has worked as a community dance artist for people living with dementia and Parkinson’s. She lives with mild/moderate hearing loss and is currently learning British Sign Language (BSL). In 2019, Louisa graduated with a distinction in M.Sc. Dance Science from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and with first-class honours in BA Dance Studies from the University of Roehampton in 2018. She currently works as a lecturer at bbodance, and as editorial manager for the Journal of Dance & Somatic Practices.
Contact: Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK.
