Scott Delahunta

Scott Delahunta is a Professor in Dance at Coventry University's Research Centre for Dance Research. He co-directs Motion Bank, an interdisciplinary research initiative hosted by Hochschule Mainz University of Applied Sciences. His career includes roles as Senior Research Fellow at Deakin Motion.Lab (2014–2019) and Director of R-Research at Wayne McGregor | Random Dance (2008–2013). Delahunta’s work bridges dance with technology, cognitive science, and digital media, focusing on choreographic processes and collaborative artistic research.

Education: PhD in Dance Studies from Plymouth University (2010).

Research Interests: Interdisciplinary choreography, digital tools for dance documentation (e.g., Motion Bank), AI applications in artistic processes, and knowledge transmission in contemporary dance. He emphasizes collaborative frameworks to explore creativity and memory in dance.

Awards: Recipient of the CREATE and E2-CREATE Fellowships (2019).

Grants & Projects: Led projects like 'Creative Accounting' (2023), 'CoDA: Cultures of Dance' (2020–2025), and 'Enhancing Choreographic Objects' (2012). Collaborations include The Forsythe Company, Emio Greco | PC, and Siobhan Davies Digital Dance Archive.

Labs/Teams: Active in Coventry University’s Research Centre for Dance Research and Motion Bank, fostering innovation at the intersection of dance and digital technologies.