Doctoral thesis defence Christopher Engdahl

The thesis presents pedagogical considerations in Swedish PETE when teaching creative dance to PETE students. He has also investigated how PETE students can express and experience creative dance and new ideas about movement exploration in creative dance.

Read more about the dissertation in the Publication Database DiVA External link, opens in new window..

The public defence

The defence will occur on Friday, March 1, at 10:00 a.m. in GIH's auditorium, and is in English.

Opponent is Professor Trine Ørbaek External link, opens in new window., Sørøst University, Norway

The principal supervisor is Professor Suzanne Lundvall, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences. Co-supervisors are university lecturer Dean Barker External link, opens in new window., Örebro University, and lecturer Simon Ceder External link, opens in new window., University of Arts, Crafts and Design.

The grading committee consists of:

• Professor Richard Pringle External link, opens in new window., Monash University, Australia
• Professor Hilde Rustad External link, opens in new window., University of Kristiania, Norway
• Docent Magnus Kilger External link, opens in new window., Stockholm University

The chairman is lecturer Ida Al Fakir, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences.

The defence will also be able to be viewed digitally and GIH will return with a link.