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ABOUT - KRISTIE MORTIMER
Dance Educator & Researcher
Kristie Mortimer is a dance educator and researcher based in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kristie holds a PhD in Dance Studies from the University of Auckland (2020). She was awarded the Caroline Plummer Fellowship in Community Dance 2020 at the University of Otago. In 2015, Kristie founded Initiate Dance, a community dance initiative aimed at creating inclusive and accessible opportunities for young people to participate in dance.
Kristie is actively engaged in dance education and community dance activities throughout Aotearoa New Zealand, teaching in schools, studios, Corrections Facilities and the wider community. Kristie’s research interests include dance pedagogy, community dance, dance ethnography, dance education in diverse socio-cultural contexts, and multiculturalism in dance and arts education.
SOLE AUTHORED MONOGRAPH
Mortimer, K. (2021). Dance and Cultural Difference in Aotearoa: Finding Common Ground in Rural Dance Studio Education. Springer Nature.
MEDIA & INTERVIEWS
Dominion Post / Stuff - 2021
Arts Access Aotearoa - 2021
Arts Access Aotearoa - 2021
Arts Access Aotearoa (with Royal New Zealand Ballet) - 2021
RNZB Facebook - 2021
Presbyterian Support Otago News - 2020
Correction NZ Facebook - 2021
University of Otago - Uni News - 2021
Otago Daily Times - 2020
Otago Daily Times - 2021
Arts Access Aotearoa - 2020
University of Otago - Otago Fellows - 2020
DANZ (Dance Aotearoa New Zealand) - 2019
Otago Daily Times - 2019
Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship - University of Auckland - 2019
She Shines On (formerly World Class Dance Tours) - 2016
University of Auckland, Dance Studies - 2015
DANZ (Dance Aotearoa New Zealand) - 2016
PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPH
Mortimer, K. (2021). Dance and Cultural Difference in Aotearoa: Finding Common Ground in Rural Dance Studio Education. Springer Nature.
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Buck, R., Mortimer, K. & Snook, B. (forthcoming 2021). Removing the mask: Community dance within a correctional facility. Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture.
Mortimer, K. (2019). “It’s not for the faint hearted”: Roles and Attitudes of Three Community Dance Practitioners Providing Dance in Prison Environments, Journal of Emerging Dance Scholarship, 2019, 1-19.
Mortimer, K. (2018). Dancing Within Unfamiliarity: An Exploration of Teaching Dance in Prison Environments, Teaching Artist Journal, 15:3-4, 124-134.
BOOK CHAPTER
Mortimer, K. (forthcoming 2021). Ethnocentrism in rural dance studio classes: Dance studio teachers' responses to cultural difference in Aotearoa New Zealand. In B. Bolden & N. Jeanneret (Eds.), Visions of Sustainability for Arts Education: Value, Challenge and Potential. Springer. (n.p).
RESEARCH REPORT
Mortimer, K. (2021). Opportunities for STEAM: NZDC Future Engagement Strategy – Part II. Research report for The New Zealand Dance Company, funded by icehouse (International Centre for Entrepreneurship Foundation)
THESIS
PhD in Dance Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Title: Finding Common Ground: An exploration of dance studio teachers’ responses to cultural difference in rural towns in Aotearoa New Zealand
Masters in Dance Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Title: Dancing behind bars: Three community dance practitioners’ experiences of facilitating dance classes in a prison environment
