Dance Psychology

Dance Psychology

a blog looking at dance and dancers through the lens of psychology

Peter Lovatt, PhD, is a psychologist and dancer based at the University of Hertfordshire, where he heads the Dance Psychology Lab. Dr. Lovatt trained in ballet and theatre dance and worked as a professional dancer before taking a B.Sc. in Psychology and English, M.Sc. in Neural Computation and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology. He continues to dance every day and carry out research into the psychology of dance.