Green Clowns (2009)

Ali's research includes the re-creation of Rudolf Laban's iconic works Die Nacht, (1927) re-named The Night 2010, and Die Grunen Clowns, (1928) re-named Green Clowns, re-created in 2008 and 2009 for LABAN Historical Project Undergraduate students. She also re-created the work in a collaborative project with BA3 LABAN students and Transitions Dance Company for the Laban International Conference, held at LABAN, in 2009, and with Transitions Dance Company for Laban Conferences in Manchester and Dartington in the same year.

Green Clowns (2009)

Ali presented a lecture-demonstration on the re-creation process of Green Clowns at a celebratory conference on Rudolf Laban, held in Rome, Italy in 2009. She was Key Speaker at the Laban Guild Conference, at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, 2009, where she also gave a lecture demonstration and led workshops based on the process of re-creation and her practical research . Her written paper, Historical Re-creation and Current Practice: what is the relevance of Laban's work for today's dance artist? is published in Movement and Dance Magazine, Spring 2009.

 Night 2010

She has taught workshops on her approach to the embodiment and application of Laban principles and methodologies at Bedford University and was invited to Roehampton University in March 2010, to lead workshops in facilitating expressivity in movement. Ali has also delivered workshops exploring William Forsythe's Improvisation Technologies and his use of Laban's Choreutic Operations. Ali is presenting her current research at the Laban Conference in Ascona, Switzerland in October 2011. This includes the development of her approach to the technical training of dancers through the application and embodiment of Laban principles and choreological perspectives.

 Night 2010

 Night 2010 

       Photography: Kyle Stevenson