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Mark James Hamilton
Dr. Mark James Hamilton is Senior Lecturer in World Stages at Regent’s University London. He trained at the University of Birmingham, and with Bharatanatyam dancer Priya Sreekumar. His doctorate was awarded by the University of Canterbury (New Zealand). His thesis explored the interface of the martial arts and dance. His ongoing research explores the possibility of transcultural principles for performance training and the tensions of intercultural performances practices. His teaching is a synthesis of the European practices of Rudolf Laban, Jerzy Grotowski and Roy Hart, with the hereditary and contemporary arts of the Māori people and the South Indian region of Kerala.