Nicholas Rowe is a professor in Dance Studies at the University of Auckland and UNESCO Chair in Dance and Social Inclusion. A graduate of the Australian Ballet School and the London Contemporary Dance School, Nicholas gained a PhD from University of Kent at Canterbury. Nicholas choreographed and performed with The Finnish National Ballet, Australian Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Nomad Dance Theatre, Modern Dance Turkey and Ramallah Dance Theatre. He is an international award-winning filmmaker, directing the feature-length films The Secret World and Dancing7Cities. Prior to working at the University of Auckland Nicholas resided in the Occupied Palestinian Territories working in arts education projects through the Popular Art Centre. Nicholas has won University of Auckland awards for teaching and research excellence, and publishes extensively on dance, creativity, collaboration and education in diverse cultural contexts, within leading international academic journals. His books include Talking Dance: Contemporary Histories from the South China Sea (2015) Talking Dance: Contemporary Histories from the Southern Mediterranean (2014), Moving Oceans: Celebrating Dance in the South Pacific (2013), Raising dust: a cultural history of dance in Palestine (2010), and the performing arts workshop manual Art, during siege (2004).
