Research 

Robert Hylton (BA, MA)

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I am currently writing a dance image archive book commissioned by The British Library to be published in autumn, 2022

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Associate Research Fellow in the School of Arts at (Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre), University of London

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Visiting Fellow at The Eccles Centre, British Library 

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My research is currently focused on African diaspora street dance as archive and practice: migration, hip hop, otherness, African diaspora performance history and speculative future. ​

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Researching the presence of African diaspora street dance in both the UK and US to enable a broader access and understanding to an often hidden or unspoken representation of black performance and dance over the past 200+ years in Britain. With the aim to enhance and promote the visibility and presence of African diaspora street dance as performance contextualised through historical evidence and research. Presented as an important tangible archive for education, academia, institutions, performance and research resource.

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The research will help develop a future exhibition and performance work, which focuses on the autonomy of African diaspora street dance as performance in the 21st Century! A presentation based on the research and workshops for community, professional or academic discourse will also be available.

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For more information or questions please get in touch

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Papers

Blurring Boundaries: Urban Street meets Contemporary Dance – Serendipity, Du Montfort University

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ADAD: 21st ANNIVERSARY EDITION, P75-77

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Skills n Drills, Animated Magazine, 2010

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Writing

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Hip Hop Theatre contributor on the forthcoming publication: Bloomsbury, the Encyclopaedia of Modern Theatre focusing on the ways in which street/urban/popular dance styles have impacted on the theatre

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Talks
 

Southbank University – The role of Artistic Director

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The Place, London – The life of a choreographer

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University of East London Dance: Urban Practice - Hip Hop Theatre

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Northampton University - Hip Hop Dance and Theatre 

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Dance UK (One Dance) AGM at Sadlers Wells  - Websites, culture and information