In this session, Dr. Daniel P. Jones (Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University) will give a short performance-lecture that highlights his current work into Tourette Syndrome and choreographic practice as a means of sharing lived experience, using tics and impulse as a starting point for research. This session draws upon findings from recent artist residency at Dance City, and looks to the future potentials of Tourettic rhythms and aesthetics, and their value in research contexts.

Dr. Daniel P. Jones is a scholar of disability and creative practitioner working on/around Tourette Syndrome. He is a Bridging Fellow in the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University, having previously completed postdoctoral projects at the University of Sheffield, and a PhD in Human Geography at Newcastle University. Daniel’s work focuses broadly on Tourettic embodied experiences. Employing a range of creative methodological practices inclusive of zine-making and choreography, his research is deeply informed by the Tourettic community and works to bring key voices from medicine, social sciences humanities, arts and artistic practice together to progress research.