Biography
Hamish McIntosh, PhD, is a postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Education and Arts at Nord University, Norway. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand, Hamish trained in contemporary dance at the New Zealand School of Dance. Completing his PhD at the University of Melbourne in 2023, Hamish’s research explores arts education, queer theory, and masculinities in dance.
Hamish has worked as a freelance graphic designer since 2016. His portfolio includes identity design, design for social media, print, publications, and video (vertical/short format and extended format), as well as conceptual and information design for scientific projects. Hamish welcomes expressions of interest from those seeking to connect and collaborate in the communications, dissemination, and exploitation (CDE) field.
Education
PhD(Dance), Melb; MDanceStudies (1st Class Hons.), Auck; PGDipDanceStudies (Distinction), Auck; CertDancePerformance (Contemporary Dance), NZSD
Artist Statement
Hamish McIntosh wants to understand what dance is. Deeply invested in the ways that we define dance as a fine art form, Hamish's practice is characterised by existentialism and a desire to interject. Critical of the authoritarian legacy of Western theatrical dance training and choreography, and sharing a love-hate relationship with the banality of contemporary dance, Hamish's work seeks to irritate, question, and experiment with the limits of genre and the human body. Broadly interested in queerness and the contradictions inherent to liberal mass culture, Hamish's work has been described as provocative, challenging, and elegiac.
C. Hamish McIntosh