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Rebecca Stancliffe
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Research Fellow at Trinity Laban focusing on arts and health, chronic pain, co-produced research, and digital technology
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We're super excited to be preparing for this free online event.

Open to anyone interested in pain narratives, lived experience insight, creative health and/or Zoom-based creative practice

#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #ArtsBasedMethods
September 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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We had the great pleasure of talking to Gemma Harman, host of ResDance podcast, about our creative research project last week.

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#ChronicPain #CoCreation #ChronicIllness #ArtsBasedMethods #CoProduction #LivedExperience
ResDance Series 11: Episode 4: The Language of Pain: Stories, Bodies and the Knowledge of Experience with Rebecca Stancliffe, Ruth Barber and Jo Young
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August 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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"I have now chosen not to allow chronic pain to define me, but to view my life in the ‘here and now’, as an ever-changing process of endless possibilities for personal growth and transformation."

Read Tef's blog describing her involvement in the project:
medium.com/@thelanguage...

#ChronicPain
Finding a liminal space: A space without borders or judgement
By Tefnut Huntress Asante
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July 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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"Controlling your own narrative [...] and being in charge is one of the most important things we can do. We need to encourage everyone, empower everyone, extend the right to everyone."

Tim reflects on his experience of the project.
Read: tinyurl.com/s2mffurx
Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rkF...
We are not silenced.
By Tim Atkinson
medium.com
July 13, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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"I value this project more than any traditional work I have been a part of." In her blog, Ruth reflects on her experience of being part of The Language of Pain creative health research.

Read here: medium.com/p/6bd3cc4919...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Egm...

#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness
Do they feel what I feel? Being part of the Language of Pain project: A blog post by Ruth Barber
YouTube video by The Language of Pain
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July 6, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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"Pain as protection" by Ruth Barber

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#ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #CoCreation #ArtsBasedResearch
Pain as protection, covered in thorns
YouTube video by The Language of Pain
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July 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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"It’s carved out a vital 'middle space' — a zone that wasn’t survival mode, wasn’t a crash, but a gentle, manageable way to engage with the world in a creative way." Jo Young

Read Jo's blog: medium.com/p/3f63d293f7...

Listen to the beautifully narrated blog here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsxJ...
‘When We Name the Pain, We Make Room for Healing’*
By Jo Young
medium.com
June 29, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Reposted by Rebecca Stancliffe
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Excited about our free online event in September that introduces our creative health research. We'll discuss:

- our somatic-informed arts-based approach
- the importance of lived experience insight
- the co-creation process
- our Zoom-based practice

More info: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-langua...
The Language of Pain - Centring lived experience and experiential knowledge
Join Trinity Laban and the Language of Pain Collective in an online event to hear about our creative health research
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June 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Dear friends and colleagues, I invite you to join me in celebrating the launch of my monograph "Video Annotation for Dance and Performance", published by Palgrave Macmillan in October 2025. More information and booking here: lnkd.in/eaK7MKw8

#VideoAnnotation #ManualAnnotation #DeepReading
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February 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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In January, we discusses The Language of Pain creative research project at the "Better Together: Rethinking practice through partnership" conference at Northern School of Contemporary Dance. This is what we shared: youtu.be/Ec3i0eUPw3o
February 4, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Join me for the launch of my book Video Annotation for Dance & Performance. 🥳 🥂 The in-person celebration will take place on 25 Feb at Trinity Laban from 17:30. Attendance is free, but registration is required.
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Video Annotation for Dance and Performance
This book is the first study to focus on video annotation as a manual method of analysis, indexation, and publication.
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January 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Delighted to be presenting at NSCD conference "Better together" with @thelanguageofpain.bsky.social We discuss exploring the invisible & often denied experience of #ChronicPain through #ArtsBasedMethods & highlight a moral & ethical imperative to position #LivedExperienceExperts as co-researchers
January 7, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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The project team includes a conventional researcher, a somatic filmmaker, a composer, and six lived experience experts with experience, talent and interest in practices including writing, drawing, collage, yoga, somatic practice, drama, music and... tea drinking

#ChronicPain #ArtsBasedResearch
October 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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We use Zoom as the 'studio' for our research to accommodate our health needs. We meet online once a fortnight to develop our practice and use Padlet to work asynchronously outside of scheduled sessions. We are exploring how to work together in online spaces.

#ChronicPain #Zoom #ArtsAndHealth
October 3, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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For this project, film serves as a creative medium for documenting, editing and sharing the material generated through our process, and we embrace the poetic device of storytelling to focus on the lived experience of chronic pain.

#ChronicPain #ArtsBasedResearch #SomaticPractice
October 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The Language of Pain collective met this week to start work on a new creative project - to create a multimedia film that articulates and expresses subjective and collective experiences of living with chronic illness and pain.

#ChronicPain #ArtsBasedResearch #SomaticPractice
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Delighted to share that my book on #VideoAnnotation is now out!

It focuses on video annotation as a manual method of analysis, indexation, and publication for performance practices

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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“Truth-seeking is at the heart of higher education. As public support erodes and scholars face growing threats, there has never been a more urgent time to rally and defend academic freedom.” ✊

Robert Quinn, Scholars at risk at our joint academic freedom conference with @eduinternational.bsky.social
Robert Quinn
October 15, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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As I make the final edits to my first book, I am forever grateful for the contributions of my cats, without whom the process would be quicker and easier.
July 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Calling dance for health practitioners...

My MFA student is seeking participants for a survey about the experiences of dance for health practitioners.

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Motivating factors and skills of dance for health practitioners
The purpose of this study is to understand and compare the motivations and skills of dance for health practitioners globally. This survey is part 1 of a 2-part data collection process. The potential o...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Calling dance for health practitioners...

My MFA student is seeking participants for a survey about the experiences of dance for health practitioners.

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Participants needed for a study exploring the motivations and skills of dance for health practitioners. - Participants who are 18 years or older - Have been teaching or co- teaching a dance for health class for at least 1 year - Have taught or co-taught a minimum of 5 sessions in the prior calendar year
March 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I had the pleasure of working with a fabulous group of lived experience experts on The Language of Pain, creative research that used the arts to explore the expression of pain narratives.

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#ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #ParticipatoryResearch
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February 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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'A Story in Itself': The Artist-Researcher and Performative Dissemination

#EmbodiedSelfhood
#KinestheticEmpathy
#Artist-Research
#Dementia
#ExperientialVoice

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(PDF) 'A Story in Itself': The Artist-Researcher and Performative Dissemination
PDF | Beyond the Walls is a piece of artist-research choreographed and performed by dance artists Lucy Evans and Stella Howard from Trinity Laban... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
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January 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Applications for the Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Fund are open.

LUTSF supports individuals working in all areas of movement and dance who wish to travel to enrich their professional practice.

Deadline to apply is 31 January 2025.
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Lisa Ullmann Travelling Scholarship Fund Registered Charity 1203903  Original image from Jason Mabana Dedalo Project …
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January 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Festive half marathon complete ✔️

13.1 miles of stunning coastline, marshes, and common around Portsmouth and Eastney

A great atmosphere and good selection of fuel station treats 🤤
December 22, 2024 at 5:09 PM