Mr Bérnard Pierre-Louis
PROFESSIONAL TUTOR IN DANCE (DANCE FOCUS)
Drama, Dance and Performance
0151 291 3696
pierreb@hope.ac.uk
I am a Professional Tutor at Hope University. I hold a BA (Hons) in Community Dance, PGcertHE and a MA in Dance Practices from Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). My dance practices focus on movement principles originated from Limon Technique and facilitate the moving body through creative dance workshops in Choreography/Site work/Screen dance, Dance Technology (Interdisciplinary) and music/sound accompaniment. In a previous 'regeneration' I delivered traditional techniques such as Jazz performance and reconstruction.
After receiving a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning award and sabbatical to visit the Limon Institute in New York, with the emphasis on exploration of music enhancement and innovative composition informing choreography and dance pedagogy. My continuing research is framed through a practice-based approach into the impact of Pulse/rhythm generated within movement and physicality of the body. I am frequently invited to mentor emerging artists within the northwest region, adjudicate performance events and deliver professional classes throughout Europe and across the United Kingdom.
I volunteer as a mentor/advisor to local artists and dance facilitators across the NW region.
Teaching Specialisms
Limon influence technique
Mattox technique
Choreography/performance practice
Site & Screen dance practice
Music/soundscore accompaniment and composition
Workshop practice facilitator
School Roles
First Year Tutor in Dance
Second Year Tutor in Dance
Recruitment team member (Dance)
Social Media Lead in Dance
Professional organisations/Networks
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Board member for KS Dance performing Arts College
Dance practices/Choreography/Theory tutor for Liverpool Central Studios
Member of dance HE (North-West) Consortium
Research in Performance
Practice/Choreographic works:
Pierre-Louis, B. & Walters, D. (2009) JMUsic & Dance project ‘The Listening and learning Dancer’- a three day residency of workshops/seminars exploring the creative relationship between music, movement & dance.
Brooks PA, Kahlic LC, Pierre-Louis B, Walton A. (2015): Liverpool John Moores university Research- In-Action-Day, St Georges hall, Liverpool Telematic Performing Arts-Linking students around the world using video conferencing.
Performer: Tracing spaces (2015) Capstone Theatre Performed and created by Bernard Pierre-Louis & Angie Walton. Immersive performance work exploring improvisation and sound
M2MiS (2013) & M2Mis revisited (2015) Structured improvised work in response to original soundscore
MuTe (2016) Ensemble work exploring movement, space, stillness and silence
Pierre-Louis B, & Walton A. (2017) (TIN) Middlesex university, School of Media and Performaning Arts, London: Closing provocationImprovisation and embodied histories: A participatory research salon. Liverpool Hope University.
Journal article
Innovations in Practice LJMU CETL
The impact on student learning in relationship to language, curriculum and the delivery of dance practice (2008)