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Dancing Jazz History: Black History Month 2024

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Annette
Poster for Dancing Jazz History event

‘Dancing Jazz History’ is an event celebrating Black women jazz dancers incorporating practice and theory with dance and music workshops, an exclusive presentation by Jreena Green, a panel discussion featuring Myrna Hague, and a jazz jam party hosted by Lee Payne. It is in London on 26 October 2024 which is Black History Month in Britain. The event is organised by PhD researcher, Annette Walker with AHRC-LAHP Student-Led Activities Award, and is supported by Coin Street, Jazz Dance Collective, Tap Dance Research Network UK and St John’s Waterloo.

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Contextualising Buddy Bradley’s work in British Film

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Annette
Online Talk Series - photo pf Buddy Bradley teaching in his studio

Annette Walker presents a follow up to her initial March 2021 presentation about a forgotten choreographer of British musical stage and screen, Buddy Bradley.

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Tap Talk at Wandsworth Arts Fringe Tap Dance Days

Posted on June 25, 2023 by Annette
Petra Haller - Wandsworth Fringe Tap Dance Days (Day Seven): Total Immersion Day, 25 June 2023

Annette presents a talk about the history of tap dance with footage. This is the final day of a programme of Tap Dance Day events curated by Petra Haller from 19 to 25 June.

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Goldsmiths Performance Research Forum: Restoring the story of Buddy Bradley

Posted on November 5, 2022 by Annette

and his contribution to British dance practice Presenting my PhD research about the previously popular but now unacknowledged Black choreographer, Buddy Bradley, at Goldsmiths Performance Research Forum Wednesday 2 November 2022 6.45pm George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths, University of London, New…

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University of Wolverhampton: Thinking in Education

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Annette

I was invited by the Education department at the University of Wolverhampton to discuss my PhD research project in the context of education.

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TDRN UK Panel presentations

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Annette
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Abstracts for the TDRN UK panel discussions I’ve presented on since 2019.

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Buddy Bradley: Choreographing British Film and Theatre

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Annette
Buddy Bradley stage and screen

Tap dance researcher and educator, Annette Walker, has sourced clips of Buddy Bradley’s choreography from several British musical films. Find out more about this unsung genius.

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Bloom Festival: Evening of Jazz Dance and Music

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Annette
ODUK Bloom Festival 2017 - An Evening of Jazz

The expert panel of artists for this event: Dr S. Ama Wray, Annette Walker, Jreena Green, Sean Graham, Gary Nurse, Joyce Gyimah and Gary Crosby OBE

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