Marie Forcier, University of Calgary

Research

(1) Choreography (2) Somatic Practices (3) Contemporary Dance (4) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (5) Trauma Narration (6) Practice-as-Research (7) Embodied Memory

Latest funding

Narrating Psychological Trauma through Somatic Sourcing in Contemporary Choreography
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$72,861

All 1 grants and awards

Narrating Psychological Trauma through Somatic Sourcing in Contemporary Choreography

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Forcier, Marie France

Keywords: (1) Choreography; (2) Somatic Practices; (3) Contemporary Dance; (4) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder; (5) Trauma Narration; (6) Practice-as-Research; (7) Embodied Memory

$72,861

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: (1) Choreography Dear Professor Forcier, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on (1) choreography connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Narrating Psychological Trauma through Somatic Sourcing in Contemporary Choreography" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]