Critical Dance Pedagogy through Discourse and Practice Network with Angela Pickard and Kathryn Stamp In this episode, Angela and Kathryn share insight into the focus of the network, which aims to bring together academics, dance educators, researchers and artists to foster opportunities for new thinking on the areas of Critical Dance Pedagogy. Through situating the ideas of the network in relation to their own experiences as educators and researchers, they explore the theoretical frameworks that inform the wider network and share how a series of hybrid symposium events and the Artist lab will explore current issues delving into equity, diversity, inclusion, and student-centered teaching approaches, with a view to generating change and legacy for the dance sector. Critical Dance Pedagogy through Discourse and Practice Network The network will connect academics, dance educators, researchers, artists, industry stakeholders in the UK with international peers in Scandinavia/Nordic and US as guest speakers, to support collaboration, and maximise opportunities for new thinking on the topic of Critical Dance Pedagogy, particularly understandings of equity, diversity and inclusion and student-centred pedagogy, through practice (Artist Lab) and discourse (four hybrid symposium events). Website: www.criticaldancepedagogy.com/home Twitter: @SDH AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Network The five AHRC-funded Dance Research Matters Networks explore current issues and generate change and legacy for the sector. The ecosystems created by the Networks traverse across South Asian dance, digital black dance, future producing dance ecologies, critical dance pedagogies, and pluriversal dance practices and will be mapped for reach and impact in and beyond the sector. For more information, please visit: danceresearchmatters.coventry.ac.uk Instagram and Twitter: @danceresearchmatters Contributor biography: Professor Angela Pickard Angela is a Professor of Dance Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, where her research is focussed on dance education and performance science. She is interested in relationships between body and identity(ies) in dance and embodiment, drawing on sociology (Bourdieu), pedagogy and psychology. Angela is Editor in Chief for the international journal Research in Dance Education and on the Editorial board for Journal of Dance, Medicine and Science. Contact: ⁠[email protected] Contributor biography: Kathryn Stamp Kathryn is a dance research and educator, specialising in inclusive dance practice and research methods.  Her interests span inclusive dance, dance in education and exploring the value and impact of dance. Kathryn graduated with an MA in Education (Distinction) from University of Brighton (2016) and holds a first-class BA (Hons) in Dance Studies from Roehampton University (2010). In 2020 Kathryn completed her PhD at C-DaRE and her AHRC-funded research focused on photography-based interventional approaches that sought to change public perceptions about disabled people who dance.  Currently, Kathryn's postdoctoral research explores the lived experience of isolated working for disabled dance artists, considering modes of communication, use of technology and change in working practices in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Kathryn is enthusiastic about transdisciplinary research and has worked for the Centre for Computational Science and Mathematical Modelling on the Energy REV project, exploring stakeholder perspectives on Energy, AI and Ethics. Kathryn is one of the project team members for Gap_E[thics], which seeks to explore the concept, understanding and practice of ethics in technological from different disciplinary perspectives. Contact details: Email: [email protected] Twitter:  @kathrynstampy Please share this episode with students, educators, practitioners, performers, and interdisciplinary researchers curious to learn more about dance research in action.