Ms Sarah Berridge

• Qualifications:MA European Dance Theatre Practice - Laban 2008, BA Performing Arts DeMontfort University, 1996
• Position:Senior Lecturer in Performance
• Department:Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries, and Education (ACE)
• Telephone:+4411732 81127
• Email:Sarah.Berridge@uwe.ac.uk

About me

I teach on the Introduction to Physical Theatre, Devising Physical Theatre, Introduction to Actor Training, Acting for Stage and Final Year Project modules.

I am interested in devising works in unusual sites and have devised and directed various theatre projects on sites such as the Corn Exchange Building, Leicester, Harrogate Spa Baths, Leigh Woods, Clifton Suspension Bridge etc… with both professional and community groups (Kinesis Youth Company, Community at Heart, ACTA Community Theatre, Touchdown Dance, OUCH Dance Productions, M31 Dance Theatre Company).

My screen work has been shown at various venues and performance festivals: Fragments (Leics), New Works Festival (Leics), The Place Dance for Camera Showcase (London), Yorkshire Dance Festival, BBC Short Film Festival, New Directions, Arnolfini (Bristol), Picture This (Bristol) and Portland Green Cultural Projects (London).

Publications: 'We Are Not Dancers (Obviously)… on Wood and Harrison's undancerly video choreographies'. Dance Theatre Journal, Vol. 22, No. 4, 2008

Area of expertise

My expertise lies within movement training, choreography, physical theatre, devising theatre and video art. 

Publications