About Henry Daniel  

Background as an actor with Derek Walcott's Trinidad Theatre Workshop and as a dancer with Astor Johnson's Repertory Dance Theatre of Trinidad and Tobago; soloist with the José Limón Dance Company of New York; dancer, choreographer in Germany and the UK; Artistic Director of Full Performing Bodies. Henry attended the Boston Conservatory of Music and the Juilliard School, has an MA in Dance Studies from City University, The Laban Centre, London, and a Ph.D. in Dance, Performance Studies and New Technology from Bristol University, Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television in the UK. He is currently an Associate Professor of Dance and Performance Studies at SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts in Vancouver, Canada, and lead researcher for Transnet (Transdisciplinary Research Network for Performance and Technology). His impressive track record on the international scene has led and continues to lead to advances in cultural knowledge by bringing to bear the perspectives and skills of the artist/scholar. Through his collaborations with researchers from the fields of science and engineering, he enables and contributes to technological innovation.