Sarah Riach

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Name:

Sarah Riach

Email address:

sarah.riach@sunderland.ac.uk

Department:

Faculty of Education Society & Creative Industries (9MAP)

Organisation:

University of Sunderland

Address:

Priestman City Campus

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Homepage URL:

http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/research/researchstaff/facultyofartsdesignmedia/artsdesign/mrssarahriach/#d.en.44259

Biography

Expertise:

Participatory Practice, Community Arts, Choreography, Musical Theatre, Children's Theatre, Authentic Assessment, Dance

Job title:

Associate Head of School (Arts, Design & Performance)

Biography:

Sarah is an accomplished academic and practitioner in the fields of dance, choreography, musical theatre, and children's theatre. Sarah has developed a particular focus on fostering creativity, inclusivity, interdisciplinary collaboration, and authentic assessment. Sarah is a co-creater of LearningBods(c) which is a sustained collaborative relationship with primary schools across the North-East through interactive performance workshops. To date, four interactive performances have been created that address key elements of the Key Stage 1 (KS1) curriculum including ScienceBods(c), NumberBods(c), EcoBods(c), and HealthyBods(c).

Qualifications:

SFHEA MA Education BA (Hons) Dance

My Latest

Riach, Sarah and Marsden, Sarah (2025) Sunderland Schools Dance Festival 2025. [Performance] (Unpublished)
Riach, Sarah and Emms, Rachel (2019) MemoryBods Tour 2019. [Performance] (Unpublished)
Riach, Sarah and Emms, Rachel (2018) The North East Three Rivers Consortium - Show and Tell Learningbods© 2016 – Developing the practice and application of undergraduate creative, academic and employability skills. In: Three Rivers Consortium: Sharing excellence in teaching and learning supporting students and staff through good practice, innovation and collaboration, 6th July 2018, Newcastle University. (Unpublished)
Riach, Sarah and Emms, Rachel (2016) SiO₂ Part of DUSC. [Performance] (Unpublished)
Riach, Sarah and Emms-Hobbins, Rachel (2014) Small Steps, Giant Jumps. University of Sunderland. (Unpublished)

My Most Viewed

	Item title
1	Sunderland Schools Dance Festival 2025	17	13
2	The North East Three Rivers Consortium - Show and Tell Learningbods© 2016 – Developing the practice and application of undergraduate creative, academic and employability skills	13	2
3	The Dancer's World of Work: Entrepreneurship and Professional Practice in Dance HE “Dance and US.Com / Dance Entrepreneur”	9	0
4	MemoryBods Tour 2019	1	1
5	SiO₂ Part of DUSC	1	1
6	3x3x3 (Dance Project)	1	0
7	Phoenix Futures	1	0
8	Dansomatic - Dance Project	0	1

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