Chrissie Harrington has recently taken up the position of Associate Dean of Suffolk School of Arts at University Campus Suffolk where she is responsible for the management and academic delivery of all the arts disciplines. Her main expertise lies in the area of performance and she has considerable experience within interdisciplinary arts practice.
Previously Chrissie was at West Sussex Institute of Higher Education and later at Bath Spa University where she was Principal Lecturer, Senior Teaching Fellow and Head of Department of Dance. In 2004 she was awarded National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy for England.
Chrissie has worked extensively in Higher Education and, most especially, has been at the forefront of developments of the disciplines of dance and performance within the UK university context.
Previously Chrissie was at West Sussex Institute of Higher Education and later at Bath Spa University where she was Principal Lecturer, Senior Teaching Fellow and Head of Department of Dance. In 2004 she was awarded National Teaching Fellowship by the Higher Education Academy for England.
Chrissie has worked extensively in Higher Education and, most especially, has been at the forefront of developments of the disciplines of dance and performance within the UK university context.
Chrissie's research and publications are concerned with investigating and evaluating approaches to teaching and learning through performance. Her most recent research, "Architecting the Body through Live Performance and Digital Media" was undertaken initially through a PALATINE Development Award (UK) and specifically explores the interface between the body and digital media through the construction, experience and reconstruction of place. Chrissie's National Teaching Fellowship funded activity is enabling a further advancement, refinement and dissemination of the outcomes of her research to colleagues in other HE institutions, nationallly and internationally.
Chrissie has experience as a choreographer and director of numerous performances. She advises on local and regional Dance programmes and was a key member of the Leonardo Da Vinci project with Silesian Dance Theatre and the Krakow Theatre School, Poland.
Chrissie has initiated student exchanges with other European Dance courses, has collaborated with artists and teachers within the UK and international university research contexts and, most recently, with the Architecture and Dance Departments at Auckland University, New Zealand.
Chrissie has experience as a choreographer and director of numerous performances. She advises on local and regional Dance programmes and was a key member of the Leonardo Da Vinci project with Silesian Dance Theatre and the Krakow Theatre School, Poland.
Chrissie has initiated student exchanges with other European Dance courses, has collaborated with artists and teachers within the UK and international university research contexts and, most recently, with the Architecture and Dance Departments at Auckland University, New Zealand.