UCF Public Lectures


UCF Public Lectures - Spring 2010

This new series of Public Lectures at UCF all have the broad theme of Creativity and Communication to reflect the significance of UCF’s role in the heart of Folkestone’s arts regeneration.

All talks are free of charge and start at 6pm, with the evening ending by 8pm

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Tuesday 2 March, 6pm
Music as a metaphor for life
Professor Grenville Hancox MBE
Director of Music, Canterbury Christ Church University

Professor Hancox will explore ideas concerned with the centrality of music to our lives and the need to position it accordingly, influencing our well being and societal development.

 Grenville-Hancox

Tuesday 30 March, 6pm
Is there a book in you?
Jane Wenham-Jones
Author & freelance journalist

Would your life make a memoir? Have you ever thought about writing a novel? Writing Magazine's agony aunt, Jane Wenham-Jones, takes you through the dos and don'ts, plus highs and lows of becoming a published author.

 

 Jane-Wenham-Jones 


Tuesday 27 April, 6pm
From Pharoahs to Vampires – exploring the world’s oldest dance form
Angela Wooi
Egyptian and Gothic belly dancer, performer, teacher and choreographer

In this unique lecture, performer and teacher Angela Wooi will explore the diversity and evolution of Middle Eastern dance from its ancient origins to contemporary fusion, from Pharonic times through the dusty streets of Cairo and the Khan al Khalili via Transylvania. Angela discusses the use of theatre, drama and narrative in dance, the emergence of Gothic and asks the question - what is to become of the world’s oldest dance form?

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 Angela-Wooi 

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