I have learnt to push my research areas in terms of theory but also on a practical level in lots of different directions.
Ingrid Berthon-Moine

The project has been an invaluable experience and has made me interrogate my practice and how I go about and consider research.
Lauren Williams

The workshops and feedback were rigorous, with lots of questioning and ways of pushing ideas, activities, and questions further.
Amanda Couch

Helena Hunter delivers lectures, artist talks, workshops, mentoring and professional development schemes for individuals, groups and institutions. Helena has worked as an educator and facilitator at Trinity Laban London, Queen Mary University London, Goldsmiths University of London and the University of Leeds. In 2009 she received a DIY project bursary from the Live Art Development Agency to support her professional development scheme for emerging artists.

Teaching

Trinity Laban: MA Dance Theatre: The Body in Performance.

Helena currently teaches the Creative Strategies module at Trinity Laban on the MA Dance Theatre: The Body in Performance. The module explores the means whereby individual creative practice can be identified, articulated, refined and developed. It investigates methods for contextualising practice in terms of histories of performance, theories of the body and contemporary practices. The studio-based investigation comprises of a series of workshops, discussions, and activities exploring methods and strategies for approaching performance research. For more information about the course visit Trinity Laban website

Queen Mary University, London: Drama Department

Helena has taught, led workshops and mentoring schemes in the Drama Department at Queen Mary University of London. In addition she was Artist in Residence as part of Outside Air in 2009. During the residency Helena engaged in a period of research and development for her new work dis-locate that premiered at the Sacred Season, Chelsea Theatre in October 2009. Hunter gave artist talks, led workshops, and worked with students and staff during the development of the work. She also collaborated with the Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, and gave an artist talk as part of Quorum-Research Seminars in the study of theatre and performance. For more information about studying Drama at Queen Mary University of London visit the Drama Department website

Live Art Development Agency: DIY6

Practice-based Research for Emerging Artists
A professional development project for emerging artists

A professional development programme packed with an abundance of practical workshops, talks, and activities to energise and invigorate artistic practice, generate new work, and demystify practice-based research for students, graduates and emerging artists. Led by Helena Hunter, including talks by guest artists and researchers.

This project was originally developed for as part of DIY 6, a Live Art Development Agency initiative developed in collaboration with Artsadmin, New Work Network, The Basement, Colchester Arts Centre, Nuffield Theatre & LANWest, and PLATFORM.

I feel I have refined my entire practice and honed it down into being far more workable, productive and efficient. My understanding of the areas I am influenced by is now clearer and I am able to articulate my concerns that will help me when applying for courses, funding or when submitting proposals. Poppy Jackson, Participant.

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Artist Talks

Recent artist talks include:

GOBSMACKED

A one-day conference as part of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) Beyond Text programme, organized by QMUL PhD candidates Johanna Linsley and Helena Walsh.

GOBSMACKED contributors included Helena Hunter, Aine Phillips, Silke Mansholt, Chris Goode, Mat Fraser, Lena Simic and Brian Lobel.

Fresh Tips

Fresh Tips was a day of information and advice from experienced artists and promoters on subjects such as practice-based research, critical writing, documentation, collaboration and ethical practices. Short one to one advisory sessions on practical and conceptual issues were also be available.

FRESH TIPS contributors include Helena Hunter, Ron Athey, Oreet Ashery, John Jordan, Stacy Makishi, Manuel Vason, and Lois Weaver.

Fresh Tips is an initiative from Queen Mary, University of London, produced in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency that offers recent Live Art graduates and emergent artists support, advice and professional development.

Making Sound Work

Two days of talks, clips, sounds and presentations by artists, musicians and composers working in film, media, performance and digital music. This event was organised by City University London Department of Music in collaboration with Sound and Music and Screened Music Network

Making Sound Work contributors include Chris Watson, musician and BBC sound recordist, panel presentations on Making Sound Work with sound artists Scanner, Brains and Hunch, artist Helena Hunter and Patrick Furness, and multimedia production company The Light Surgeons.

Quorum Research Seminar

Helena Hunter gave an artist talk at Queen Mary University of London as part of Quorum- Research Seminars in the Study of Theatre and Performance. The autumn series explored issues in practice-as-research in the Department of Drama at Queen Mary, bringing together a variety of perspectives and highlighting the potential for, and the challenges of, working in this rich and vital area.

Helena discussed her artist residency at Queen Mary University of London, and the process of making her new work dis-locate that premiered at Chelsea Theatre as part of the Sacred Season on 27th October 2009.