Vida L. Midgelow (UK) Professor in Choreographic Practices at Middlesex University (UK), Vida is an artist scholar who works on PaR methodologies, improvisation and articulation processes. Her practice includes somatically informed improvisation (as pedagogy and in performance), performative lectures, installation/experiential performance and video works. She is currently editing the Oxford Handbook on Dance in Improvisation and is principal researcher for the Artistic Doctorates in Europe project (EU funded). With Prof Jane Bacon, Midgelow co-edits the hybrid peer reviewed journal, Choreographic Practices and co-directs the Choreographic Lab www.choreographiclab.com.