AUTHORS: Jennifer Roche
Jennifer Roche is a Lecturer in Dance at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.
Her research focus is the creative practice of contemporary dancers, exploring the specific nuances of this career from multiple perspectives including philosophical approaches, somatics and narrative inquiry. Jennifer is also a dance artist and has worked as a contemporary dancer since the early 1990s performing with a wide range of choreographers in Ireland and internationally, including Michael Keegan-Dolan (Ire), Janet Smith (UK), Rosemary Butcher (UK), Jodi Melnick (NYC), John Jasperse (NYC), Yoshiko Chuma (NYC) and in work by Dominique Bagouet, re-staged by Les Carnets Bagouet (France). She has danced for Daghdha Dance Company, Dance Theatre of Ireland, Irish Modern Dance Theatre, Cois Ceim and was a founder member of Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre. She was artistic director of Rex Levitates Dance Company, Ireland, (now Liz Roche Company) which she cofounded with her sister Liz Roche in 1999. She completed her PhD at Roehampton University, London in 2010. From 2007 to 2011 she was dance adviser to the Arts Council of Ireland. |
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