Teaching & Research
Paul is an experienced choreographer and has created work and performed for over ten years, performing with his own company, Riverside Dance, as well as Misfitted Dance and Birmingham Opera. He has been commissioned to work on large scale projects, such as the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2015 European Wheelchair Basketball Championships, broadcast across the globe, as well as smaller project such as Trickster, an interactive dance work for children, commissioned by the Beeline festival. He choreographed two ballets under Arts Council England funded projects in association with ReadySaltedCode ([arra]stre and data storm), which have been performed as part of the Brighton Digital Festival, at the V&A Museum in London, the Amex Stadium, and the National Institution. His latest work (Unpatterning) has been performed in a variety of venues across the Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Paul’s research focuses on the interface between dance and digital. He have an ongoing interest in the digital augmentation of live performance dance (Immersive Arts) and this has led to some collaborative work on motion capture technologies and animation within dance. He was awarded an ‘Explore' Grant by Immersive Arts UK and has shared work and published with Electronic Visualisation and the Arts events where he was awarded ‘Best performance’. He has worked extensively with motion capture, including on an Arts Council funded project at the University of Wolverhampton (Who We Were) and with the University of Birmingham under an EU grant.
Paul's other research interest is using dance to support wellbeing. He created the These Stories We Tell project which uses the latest ideas from somatic psychotherapy combined with creative storytelling to draw out, explore & process difficult & traumatic life experiences in a sensitive & healing way. It crosses between real life & fictional narrative using symbolism & metaphor to provide a safe structure for exploration & return power to participants over their own experiences. It is both a way to make a piece, and a therapeutic intervention.
Paul has extensive experience working within the community including many outreach projects within schools and supporting school teachers in their delivery of dance. His teaching focus is on choreographic practices and somatic technique, and he has worked with both professionals and students within these areas. He is a registered Somatic Moving & Dancing Creative Specialist, a qualified teacher for both schools and universities, and in 2016 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts (RSA).
Publications
Recent Choreographic Works
Unpatterning: a work focusing on unhelpful patterns we find ourselves caught in and our attempts to escape them touring presently (Autumn 2021 – ongoing)
Trickster: an interactive dance work for children. Nov 2016.
European Wheelchair Basketball Championships. Aug-Sep 2015 Opening and Closing Ceremonies.
Data storm. May 2015 - ongoing Ephemeris Dance/Ready Salted Code. Brighton Digital Festival.
[arra]stre. Jul 2014 - ongoing. Ephemeris Dance/Ready Salted Code. Brighton Dome, V&A Museum London, Amex Stadium, National Institution.
Who We Were. Ephemeris Dance. Feb 2012. The Performance Centre, Wolverhampton.
Recent Academic Publications:
Henn M., Fraser, K. and Golz P. (2022) Puppies and Pliés: stress relief in educational settings from integrating therapy dogs into dance and movement interventions (in preparation)
Golz, P. (2022) Stylistic resonances: using martial arts to develop understanding and curiosity within a Higher Education dance curriculum , Theatre Dance and Performance Training - Blog (accepted for publication)
Golz P., Hunt, D. and Symonds, E. (2019) Empowering course teams to deploy connected digital literacy strategies through analysis of the student experience. JISC: Digital experience insights community of practice May 2019.
Golz, P. and Cole, S. (2019): The motif project: extended transition within Dance HE (in preparation).
Golz, P. (2019) Adapting mental models of computer science concepts using traditional ballet (in preparation).
Whitehouse, K., Golz, P., Leahy, C. and Johnson, S. (2018) The ISES Learning Pledge: Influencing and inspiring life-long and life-wide learning. Unlocking Potential. University of Worcester Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2018.
Golz, P. (2018) Using MS OneNote as a portfolio tool in a Dance HE Curriculum, 16th Academic Practice and Technology Conference, Greenwich.
Golz P. (2018) Supporting poor mental health and wellbeing through assessment. Mental Health and the Physical Performer Conference Labanarium, London.
Golz P. (2017) Using OneNote to create flexible assignments. University of Worcester Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2017.
Black, R., Golz, P., Hope, H., Joyce, J., Williams, K. and Whitehouse, K. (2017) Tales of Authentic Learning Experiences: Real Life Learning to Engage and Enhance the Student Learning Experience. University of Worcester Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2017.
Golz, P., Bowers, C. and Price, M. (2016) A practical approach to using motion capture in performance dance. Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, pp.284-287. [Won best presentation award].
Smith-Nunes, G., Cook, P., Neale, C. and Golz, P. (2016) Data Network Simulator with Classical Ballet. Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, pp.17.
Mitra, B. and Golz, P. (2016) Exploring Intrinsic Gender Identity Using Second Life. Journal of Virtual World Research, 9(2), pp.117.
Golz, P. and Smith-Nunes, G. (2015). [arra]stre: A data driven ballet. Electronic Visualisation and the Arts. pp. 9091.
Golz, P. and Shaw, A. (2014) Augmenting Live Performance Dance with Mobile Technology. Proceedings of the 28th International BCS Human-Computer Interaction Conference, 311-316.
Golz, P. (2011) Coming late to dance. Dance Review Magazine p24.