Department of Cultural Studies
Tezpur University
Books and Book-chapters:
East, A. (2020) Sensuous Tracings and Ecologies of Connection. Dance Research Aotearoa 6, 2020. Pp. 23-35.
East, A. (2018) Home Imagined: Uncovering a Sensuous history of People and Place through Eco-somatic Improvisation. Choreographic Practices Journal. Vol 9, No1. Intellect press, GB. (In Press). pp. 145-168.
East, A; Lavender, L. (2017) ?After dance?? A Critical Dialogue on the Possibilities for the Undisciplining of Dance. Dance Research Aotearoa, UV of Waikato. Vol 5, pp 71-97.
East, A. (2016) Dance in/for /with/as/community: Re-defining Community Dance in 2015?16 Dance Research Aotearoa, Volume 4. No1. Dec. 2016. pp. 56-58.
East, A. (2016) Rehearsing Democracy: Enhancing Community through the Interdisciplinary Performance Improvisation Series ?Shared Agendas? Dance Research Aotearoa, Volume 4. No1. Dec. 2016. pp. 171-187.
East A. (2014) Dancing Aotearoa: Connections with Land, Identity and Ecology. In DRA Dance Research Aotearoa Journal. UV of Waikato, NZ. Volume 2, No.1: pp.101-124.
East, A. (2013) Sensuous interfaces ? Dancing Anima in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Journal of Dance and Somatic Practices. Intellect Press, GB. Volume 5, Number 1, 2013: pp.57-71.
East, A. (2013) Reversing the Ethnographer?s Lens: A Reflection on the Challenges and Possibilities of doing ?off-shore? Field Research as a Group. Dance Research Aotearoa. Volume 1, Number 1, 2013. pp.37-54.
East A. (2011) The Role of Dance Studies in a Transdisciplinary University Research Environment. Brolga: An Australian Journal about Dance No. 35, December, 2011: 49-56.
East, A. (2009) Photograph of the artist Phillipa Blair in Self Portrait. THE: LA?s Monthly Magazine for the Arts, September, 2009 p.15.
East, A. (2007) Inter-weaving Philosophies of Dance Teaching: What can one Practice Teach the other? Waikato Journal of Education, 2007.
Books and Book-chapters:
East, A. (2011) Teaching Dance as if the World Matters: Eco-Choreography- A design for teaching dance-making in the 21st Century. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing co. Germany.
East, A. (in press). 'Discovering Sannidhi / A confluence: A Dance exchange between Assam and Aotearoa, New Zealand'. Ch 4. In Debarshi Nath & Ralph Buck Eds Reflections of dance along the Brahmaputra. Routledge, India.
East, A. (in press) 'Intuitive Ethnography; Ecosomatic Improvisation as Radical Pedagogy and Body Centred Research Method'. Chapter 20 : In E. Tilley (Ed.), Creative Activism: Research, Pedagogy and Practice (pp. 423-449). Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
East, A. (2020) 'Plant Body Being: Performing Ecography as ?Alive and Quivering? Stillness'. In Reeve, S. (Editor) Body and Awareness. Ways of Being a Body Series. Devon, GB .Triarchy Press.
.East, A. (2019) 'Making and Thinking Dance of the Origin'. Book section Reprint in By Sea Mouths Speaking: Collected Poems 1973-2018 And Related Prose. New Zealand/California Brick Row Publishing.
East A. (2019) 'Somatic Sensing and Creaturely Knowing in the University Improvisation Class'. In The Oxford Handbook of Improvisation in Dance. Vida L. Midgelow, (editor) Oxford University Press. QA
East, A. (2015) 'Performing Body as Nature'. In Moving Consciously: Somatic Transformations in Dance, Yoga and Touch. Sondra Fraleigh (Editor). University of Illinois Press Ill. 164-179. QA
East, A. (2009) Lycra Leotards, Leg warmers and ?This will last forever? in Glory Days: From Gumboots to Platforms, Ian Chapman, ed. Harper Collins. 89-93.
East, A. (2004) Making and Thinking Dance of the Origin. Book section in Dance of the Origin by Trussell, D. J. Origins Dance Theatre Publications, Auckland. Officially launched in Dunedin at Milford Gallery October 8th, 2004.
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Performances - Choreographic Projects:
2018 Shared Agendas 018, 22nd annual inter-disciplinary Performance event co-ordinated by Ali East and Martyn Roberts. University of Otago with artists Hahna Briggs, Miriam Marler, Alan Starrett (viola), Nick Prosser and Friends.
2017 Shared Agendas 017, 21st annual inter-disciplinary Performance event co-ordinated by Ali East and Martyn Roberts. University of Otago.
2016 Shared Agendas 016, An annual inter-disciplinary Performance event co-ordinated by Ali East and Martyn Roberts. University of Otago.With Musician Trevor Coleman, and friends.
2015 Shared Agendas 015 an inter-disciplinary improvised performance co-ordinated by Ali East, Martyn Roberts. Allen Hall, University of Otago.
2014 Shared Agendas 014, an inter-disciplinary improvised performance co-ordinated by Ali East, Martyn Roberts. Allen Hall, University of Otago.
2013 Dance in a Box An Improvisation with dancer Hahna Briggs and musicians Nick Cornish and Trevor Coleman. Octagon, Dunedin, March, 2013. A Fringe Festival event.
2013 Shared Agendas 013 Co-directed by Ali East, Martyn Roberts, with participants from Dance, Theatre and Music departments. Allen Hall, UV of Otago.
2012 Shared agendas 012 Co-directed by Ali East, Martyn Roberts, with participants from Dance, Theatre and Music departments. August, Allen Hall, UV of Otago.
2011 Shared Agendas 011. Co-directed by Ali East, Martyn Roberts, with participants from Dance, Theatre and Music departments (Ian Chapman ,Shelly Brunt, Sarah, dancers Sofia Kalogeropoulou, plus Nick Cornish, Trevor Colman, Alan Starrett , Poet David Eggleton; Akeake theatre troupe.Allen Hall, UV of Otago.
2010 Shared Agendas 010. Co-directed by Ali East, Martyn Roberts with participants from Dance, Theatre and Music departments plus Nick Cornish, Trevor Colman, Alan Starrett, Dancer Kilda Northcott
2009 Vivaldi Excerpts. Part of a concert ?Song Dance Art? by the Cantores Choir with Southern Symphonia. Producer, conductor Greg Peroux, Soloists Dom and Damian Peroux, Rae Shurbutt, Iain Fraser, Kathryn Gardner and Rachel Paterson. Artworks: Steev; Choreographic direction: Ali East, Dancer/choreographic interpreter Sophia Kalageropoulou. Performed in the Dunedin City Art gallery May 24th 2009.
2009 Shared Agendas 09 Director/participant of a two-day cross-disciplinary Performance event. Other participants: Martyn Roberts; Sofia Kalogeropoulou; Anri kang; Hahna Briggs; Alexandra Kolb; Dan Bendrups; Trevor Colman; Rob Burns; Sean Curham.
2008 Dancespeak 08 Performance curated by Alison East. Choreographies included: ?Anima? (the film) by Ali East;? Skin Window?, By Val Smith; ?Finding Lili: Away with the faeries? By Lyne Pringle; ?Like clouds or mammals? By Elle Louis August and Josh Rutter; ?The self-explanatory Human? by Kristian Larsen; ?Inventory? by Felicity Molloy. Performed Mary Hopewell Theatre. Dunedin April 2nd,3rd, 08. Peer Reviewed
2007 Dancing to the sound of Light, (work in progress)Dunedin Fringe Festival April 2008. Dancers Katrina Rank, Ellen Jenkins. Lights: Martyn Roberts. Composer:
2007 Shared Agendas collaborative Inter-disciplinary performances May 2007. Guests: Body Cartography duo, Olive Bieringer, Otto Ramstaed, with musician, Rob Burns, Dan Bendrups, Ian Chapman, David Hamilton, and others.
2004 Dance of the Origin 11. Performed in Milford Gallery, Dunedin ,NZ October 8th . Composer, Alan Starrett, Musicians, Alan Starrett, Trevor Coleman, Peter Adams. Dancers, Lyne Pringle, Val Smith, Kilda Northcott.
2005 Anima A video dance film collaboration with John Irwin, camera; Lyne Pringle, dancer; Susan Frykberg, Composer. Artistic director Ali East
2003 Shared Agendas 2003 Cross- disciplinary performance, Allen Hall, May 8,9 with Peter Adams, Clarinet, Rob Burns, Bass, Allen Starrett, Viola, Trevor Coleman, Piano, Trumpet. Dancers-Val Smith, Alison East, Christina Houghton.
2002 Shared Agendas 2002 Improvised Cross- disciplinary Performance research event featuring guest artists Trevor Colman, Alan Starrett plus Rob Burns, member of staff from Music. Featuring sculptures by Peter Nicholls and dancers, Ali East, Christina Houghton, Alys Longley and Richard Huber, Theatre Studies. May 9th, 10th. Allen Hall, University of Otago, Dunedin,NZ.
2001 Shared Agendas 2001 Improvised Cross disciplinary Performance research event featuring guest artists Trevor Colman Alan Starrett plus members of staff from Music (Peter Adams), Theatre (Hilary Halba, Richard Huber),Film maker, John Irwin.-May 17,18 Allen hall.
2000 Shared Agendas 2000 Cross disciplinary Performance research event with guests from the Dunedin Symphonia, Music, Design, theatre and Dance Plus Trapeze artist Anitta Alexander. Allen Hall.
1999 Fixing Position - a performance installation with collaborators John Hawkehead (architect) and Harold Anderson (composer) plus 5 dancers at the Dunedin City Art Gallery- August 1.
1999 Shared Agendas- an interactive performance with Mozart Fellow, Harold Anderson, Sydney Mann (Dunedin Symphonia) and members of Theatre, Dance & Music departments. Allen Hall, University of Otago, May 20 & 21.
1998 Intra-action - a collaborative performance with members of the Departments of Theatre, Music, Dance and Design at the University of Otago. May 7 & 8.
1997 Visitations - an interactive performance with actors: Richard Huber, David O?Donnell, John Hawkehead (architect) and dancer Catherine Chappell plus composers from the University of Otago, Music Department. Allen Hall, May 22 & 23.
1997 3 Days, 5 Hours, 36 Minutes. Co-directed with Richard Huber and David O?Donnell. Allen Hall, July 24-25.
1997 The Dancing of Islands. Improvised dance with Catherine Chappell. Reading by Denys Trussell, Music by Paul Hewitt. Hopetown Alpha, Auckland, October 23.
1996 How Being Still is Still Moving - a solo performance/composer: Paul Hewitt, Film: Maaka Rayner as part of ?4 Women Dance? concert - Watershed Dance Festival.
1996 Dis-Equi-Librium Choreography for End of Year concert, performed by 10 Unitec dance majors. Original composition by ?Many Hands? world music group.
1992 Islands. 3 works based on NZ music composed by Peter Scholes, Design: Dorita Hannah. Lights Jenny Pullar. Galaxy Theatre, December 9-11. Dancers: Judith Froude, Catherine Chappell, Tairoa Royal, Neil Ieremia, Mia Mason.
1990 After Crazy Horse. Composer: Brigit Bisley; Designer Phillipa Blair; Lights Jenny Pullar; plus 4 Dancers- Lynne Pringle, Fiona Browett, Leonie Kaywood, Judith Froude. Maidment Theatre, Auckland, NZ
1989 Why I am singing for the Dancer. Dancer: Melody Bachelor, Composer: Pamela Gray.
1988 Light Attack. Electronic composer: Bruce Robertson. Percussionist Paul Hewitt; Visual Artist: Victoria Sheppard. Dancer;/choreographer Alison East
1987 Masque for a Forest. Visual Artists: Dean Buchanan, Liam Davidson. plus 5 Dancers-Judith Froude, Jenny de Leon, Nicky Schwartz, Robert and musicians(Bruce Robertson, John Davies, Arthur Randell) Maidment Theatre.
1986 Entering the Light. Independance Season, Music: Bruce Robertson. Visual Artist: Dean Buchanan. Maidment Theatre.
1985 Seagull. Composer Pamela Gray (cello) Part of Independence Festival season.
1985 Il Ballo Delle Ingrate - Medieval opera. Performed in St Mathews Church Auckland city..
1984 Kokako. Music director: Bruce Robertson with 6 dancers: Joanne Power, Nicky Rippon, Rossanne Worthington, Judy McMillan, Olwen Morgan, Kit Suuring. Rotorua Arts Festival Performance, Rotorua Town Hall
1983 Surface Tension. Composer: Bruce Robertson. Visual Artist: Liam Davidson. Maidment Theatre, Lights Kier Volkerling., with 5 Dancers: Joanne Power, Nicky Rippon, Rosanne Worthington, Judy McMillan, Olwen Morgan.
1982 Earth Rhythm. Concert Chamber, Auckland Town Hall dancers included Wendy Preston, Warwick Long, Joanne Power, Nicky Rippon, Rossanne Worthington, Alex Beasley, Judy McMillan, Olwen Morgan, Kit Suuring, Katherine Lawrence, Alison East. Music, Origin?s Orchestra, Music director Bruce Robertson. Musicians-Karen Hunter, Paul Hewitt, Jane McAlister, Wayne Baird, Tom Ludvigson. Poetry, Denys Trussell.
1982 50/50 Concert - with Origins Dance Theatre and Denys Trussell-classical piano. at Rotorua Town Hall. Kokako, Choreographed by Ali East. Dancers: Kit Suuring, Olwen Morgan, Judy McMillan, Ali East. Kokako masks by-.
1980 Dance of the Origin. Cycle of poems by Denys Trussell. Composer, Ivan Zagni, 1980. Lighting, Kier Volkerling. Dancers: Raywyn Schwarbl, Wendy Preston, Alison East, Holly Cooper, Steven Lardner. Narration: Rangimoana Taylor, Claire Grant.
1979 Night Flight. Limbs Dance Studio, Auckland, with dancers Alison East, Geordie Thorpe and musicians.
1978 An Evening of Ecstasy. Readings from Kabir with poets Tom Robbins, Ernest Pugh, Larry Palmer. Recorder Dell Gossett. Dancers: Alison East, Sarah Kaguras. Mt Vernon, Washington. United States of America
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Papers/Conference proceedings:
East, A. (2021) Intuitive Ethnography: An Eco-somatic Methodology. On line presentation. CEAD Critical Ethnography across the Disciplines International Conference. (November 11th, 12th 2021)
East, A. (2021) Skin and World. EastWest Somatics Conference. Elmira, New York, USA. (online presentation, October 2020).
East, A. (2018) Plant Body Being: Performing Ecography as ?Alive and Quivering? Stillness.
A paper presented at the Performance of the Real Research Group?s ?Performing Ecologies? Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ November 21-23 2018.
East, A. (2019) Sensuous Tracings and Ecologies of Connection. Leap Dance
Symposium: Dancing heritage, Tracing lineage 15-17 Nov.2019 University of Otago, NZ.
East, A. (2017) Cultivating Equity and Access Through Improvisational Dance Education. Annual National Dance Educator?s Conference of America. San Antonio, Texas, 11-14th Nov, 2017.
East, A. (2017) Interpretations of the past through a somatic exploration of place and space. ADSA Conference: Performing Belonging, 2017, AUT Auckland June 2017.
East, A. (2017). Home Imagined: Uncovering a sensuous history of People and Place through Eco-somatic Improvisation. East/West Somatics Conference- Zion Utah. Dec 15-19, 2017
East, A. (2016) ?After the dance??? Conundrums and Questions around the un-disciplining of Dance. Presented at the Dance Research Aotearoa, Undisciplining Dance Symposium, University of Auckland, June 30-July 2nd, 2016.
East, A. (2016) Sannidhi-A Confluence of Cultures: Undertaking Student Ethnography Abroad. Guest Seminar International Seminar Series. March, 2016.. University of Otago.
East, A. (2016) Performing the Real: A Ritual of Shoes (Participatory Performance Ritual). Ritual and Cultural Performance Hui and Symposium. Performance of the Real Theme. April 14-15th, 2016.
East, A. (2015) Dancing AS, for and with Nature: Somatic empathy and environmental activism. A paper presented at the Working with Nature Conference. Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. April 10th,11th, 2015.
East, A. (2015) Educational Auto-ethnography: A Critical Self-reflection. The Art of Critical Auto-ethnography Conference. Monash University, Melbourne, August 20-21 2015
East, A. (2015) Rehearsing Democracy, Enhancing Community through the Interdisciplinary Performance Improvisation ?Shared Agendas?. Moving Communities International Conference on Community Dance. University of Otago, November 25-28th, 2015.
East, A. (2015) Sensuous Landscapes of Situated Somatic practice. Researching a Somatic Phenomenology of Place. East West Somatics 25th Anniversary Conference, Zion, Utah, December 11th-15th, 2015.
East, A. (2014.) Sensuous Landscapes of somatic Practice: Somatic translocation. Studying Bodywork in Crete, Italy, Japan, Aotearoa and Utah. CEAD Critical Ethnography Across The disciplines: Sensual landscapes of Ethnography Conference, University of Waikato 25-28th November, 2014.
East, A. (2013) Dancing Aotearoa: Connections with Land, Identity and Ecology. Paper presented at The Dance Research Conference of Aotearoa New Zealand. UV of Waikato, July 4-6th 2013.
East, A. (2013) Creaturely Knowing and Somatic Sensing in the Improvisation Classroom. NDEO National Dance Educator?s Conference, USA. In Miami October 20-23rd, 2013. (winning paper citation) Published in Proceedings.
East, A. (2013) The Sensuous Soma. Shin Somatics Symposium. School of Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin. Feb 1-2, 2013.
East, A. (2011) Beyond the Studio: Engaged Community Dance Education. Paper presented at the NDEO National Dance Educators of America Conference, ?Focus on dance Education: Collaborations: Different Identities, Mutual Paths?. October 19-23. 2011. Minneapolis, USA. Published Proceedings.
East, A (2010) A Possible role for Dance in a Transdisciplinary University Research Environment. Paper presented at the Dancing across the Disciplines Conference, University of Otago, NZ June 30th, 2010.
East, A. (2009) Critical Issues in Dance Education-A rationale for an eco-choreography pedagogy within the University. Paper presented at Cord Congress on Research and Dance- Special Conference: Global Perspectives on Dance Research and Pedagogy. June 25-27th 2009 De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.
East, A; Rajendren, B. (2009) Trans-locational Dance Study: The Educational efficacy and outcomes of a field trip from the University of Otago, New Zealand to South India. WDA World Dance Alliance Conference, New Delhi, November 28-December1st, 2009. Published in Researching Dance, International Conference on Dance Research, New Delhi 2009.
East, A. (2008) Understanding Identity through Trans-cultural Dance Education: An account of a Community Dance Student Field Trip from New Zealand to India. Paper presented at the Spotlight on Teaching Symposium, November 19th, 20th 2008 at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
East, A. (2007) Building Community Co-operation Through Trans-cultural Dance Education. NDEO Conference presentation, Mobile Alabama, June 2007. Published proceedings, NDEO, USA.
East, A. (2006) Revealing the Bones of an eco-choreographic Pedagogy. Conference Presentation: 8th annual NDEO Conference, Long Beach California, Long beach California, 2006. Published proceedings in Choreographing Collaboration, NDEO/ADA Joint Conference.
East, A. (2005) Self Determination and Adaptation Amongst Beginning Solo Dance Makers. Presented at Tuanui Whakamaru - Dance Canopy Conference July 9-15th, 2005, Auckland, Aotearoa, NZ. Published Proceedings, DANZ, Wellington.
East, A. (2003) Responsible Dance Teaching for the 21st Century. A workshop/paper presented at the USA National Dance Educator?s conference, Albuquerque October, 2003.
East, A. (2001) Making Dance as if the World Mattered. Presented at UV of Waikato. National Dance Research Forum 2001. Published Proceedings, University of Waikato, NZ.
East, A. (2000) Eco-choreography a model for dance making and teaching for the 21st century. Presented at University of Otago, 2000.
East, A. (2000) Intuitive Movement Practice in the University; a teaching approach and Philosophy. Presented at Otago, 2000. (Unpublished)
East, A. (1999) Locating Whakapapa: Geneologies of New Zealand Contemporary Dance.. Presented at the International Dance History scholars conference, UV of New Mexico, USA 1999.
East, A. (1998) Shared Agendas: Performance Improvisation as a form of inter- disciplinary meeting. Presented at Otago 1998. (unpublished)
East, A. (1998) Survey of Assessment practice across the Performing and related arts programmes at the University of Otago. Presented at Otago,1998. (unpublished)
East, A. (1996) Possible Socio-economic and Psychological factors affecting Academic achievements of some Maori and Pacific Island National diploma of Contemporary Dance students at Unitec. Presented at Unitec Polytechnic, Auckland, 1996. (unpublished).