Teaching – Margaret Westby – Technology Movement Performance

I teach a wide range of both practical and theoretical courses in dance and interdisciplinary studies. I supervise undergraduate students in their final capstone theoretical and practical projects. Additionally, I have supervised graduate students in ACEM, currently in the MA in Human Communications and PhD in Cultural Studies at the University of West Indies and PhD in Dance Studies at the University of Malta .

Certificates

Certificate in Lester Horton Technique Beginning Level. Virtual teacher training for beginning level of Horton Technique with Ana Marie Forsythe, Alvin Ailey School, New York, NY
UWI Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning (CUTL) Programme, Received certificate from a year-long course that covers modules of: Theory and Practice of Teaching and Learning, Assessment in Higher Education, Advancing Teaching and Learning with Technology, and Reflective Teaching for Learning from the University of West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
Certificate in Pre-Primary to Level 1 ABT National Training Curriculum, Teacher Training with Franco De Vita, Raymond Lukens, Harriet Clark, and Julie Daugherty from American Ballet Theatre, New York, NY.
Certificate in Laban Movement Analysis and Language of Dance for Dance Educators. Teacher Training with Dr. Tina Curran and Frederick Curry at the 92 Y Dance Education Laboratory, Harkness Dance Center, New York, NY
Modo/Moksha Yoga Level 1 Teacher Training, A 500-hour certification, recognized by Yoga Alliance, to instruct the Modo/Moksha Yoga series, a Hatha Yoga practice that combines therapeutic and traditional yoga principals in a heated room (37C).
Professional Development Certificate by Centre for Teaching and Learning Services at Concordia University, Montréal, Quèbec, Canada

Lecturer of Dance Studies, The University of Malta, Department of Dance Studies, School of Performing Arts. Msida, Malta.

Courses Taught Semester I and II:

Movement Analysis: Theory and Practice, Undergraduate, Level 2
Individual Dance Project, Undergraduate, Level 3
Collective Performance, Undergraduate, Level 1-3
Guest Lecturer for Performance and Philosophy, Undergraduate Level 2
Teaching and Learning Skills, Management and Assessment 2, Graduate, Masters in Teaching and Learning, Dance Studies and School of Education
Ballet Technique, Undergraduate, Level 1
Choreography: Modernism and Postmodernism, Undergraduate, Level 2
Dance Criticism, Undergraduate, Level 2
Final Choreography, Undergraduate, Level 3
20^th Century Dance History, Master Level Online Course
Contemporary Dance Contexts, Master Level Online Course

Courses Taught:

The University of West Indies, Dance Unit (Face to Face and Virtual Instruction):

Teaching Practice, Certificate Level 1
Final Research Project, Certificate Level 1
Caribbean Festival Project, (Semester I and II)
Ballet Technique I, Undergraduate, Level 1
Dance Injuries and Conditioning, Undergraduate, Level 1
Dance Composition I, Undergraduate, Level 1
Introduction to Movement Analysis, Undergraduate, Level 1
Dance History, Undergraduate, Level 1
Festival Dance Ensemble II, Undergraduate, Level 2/3
Dance and Caribbean Festivals, Undergraduate, Level 3
Media, Society, and Culture, Postgraduate (Masters) course, Department of Literary, Cultural, and Communication Studies, 2020
Guest Lecturer for FILM 3001: Sound and Visual Dynamics: Dance on Film, Undergraduate 2019, 2020, 2021
Guest Lecturer and Examiner for CANV3499: Festival Project (Semester I and II), Undergraduate 2020, 2021
Guest Lecturer for CLTR 6100: Methods of Inquiry in Culture: Research-Creation as Method, Postgraduate (Masters) course 2019

Courses for Metropolitan College of New York: School of Human Services and Education:

Empowerment Through The Arts
Public Speaking and the Art of Persuasion

Undergraduate Supervision:

(ongoing) Helga Kiss, Final Dissertation 2023 entitled “The Perfect Female Dancer Body: Liberating the body by debunking a myth.”
(completed) Marie-Madeleine Opouma Poupa, Final Dissertation 2022 entitled “Looking at stereotypes in Ballet through the lens of traditional power settings, body aesthetics, and representation in Ballets”
(completed) Kristi-Marie Madray, capstone practical project for 2020 CANV3499: Festival Project “Remembering We: A Journey in Mas Through Madray” *Awarded for Best Caribbean Cultural Studies Project
(completed) Phelix John, capstone practical project for 2021 CANV3499: Festival Project: “MOCAMOST – More Calypso, More Stories: A foray into the lyrical power of calypso composition”
(completed) Sharon Fermin, capstone theoretical research paper for 2021 HUMN3099: Caribbean Studies Project, “Healing Trauma with Movement – A study of Dance as a creative therapy practice in Trinidad and Tobago”
(completed) Krysten Reid, capstone theoretical research paper for 2021 HUMN3099: Caribbean Studies Project Student, “What time is it and What’s going on? A study on how 3Canal moves forward in the time of Coronavirus.”

Graduate Supervision:

(continuing) Claire Cassola, Masters in Teaching and Learning, project-based dissertation entitled “A Comprehensive History of the Development of Contemporary Dance in Malta: A Guide for Dance Educators”
(continuing) Margherita Borg, M.Phil/PhD, entitled “Recreation of movement and affect in a contemporary dance performance through the medium of photography.”
(continuing) Sonja Dumas (PhD Cultural Studies) “Bodies of Memory: The Middle Passage and African-Caribbean Aesthetics of Movement in Trinidad and Tobago”
(continuing) Cindy James (Master of Arts Human Communication Studies) “An examination of the effectiveness of Trinidadian Instagram Influencers in Social Media Marketing campaigns”
(continuing) Nneka Parsanlal (Master of Arts Human Communication Studies) “Stress and the College Experience”
(completed) Kelly Stewart-Waittie (Postgraduate Diploma in Arts and Cultural Enterprise Management) 2021. “Caribbean Dance & Dance Education Platform – (CARIDEP)”