Elaine Harvey
Head of Programme Dance
Elaine is currently Head of Programme for
Dance. She initially trained in Performance Studies, focusing
on integrated approaches to choreography and live art, before
completing an MA in Choreography.
She has worked for over ten years as a community dance
practitioner within a variety of settings and has an active
interest in creating work with people who have not trained in
dance. She has worked with and taught groups of all ages,
often acting as subject specialist in both the private and public
sector. She has worked extensively with local authorities as
part of several cultural development programmes designed to widen
access and participation to performance arts.
Her interests include the use of autobiographical material as
choreographic methodology and performance, site-specific work and
community dance practice which explores the points at which
politics intersects and shapes the art-making process. She
has performed with a variety of small-scale dance / physical
theatre companies and most recently in balletLORENT’s production of
‘Maternal’.
T: 01904 876512
E: e.harvey@yorksj.ac.uk