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Embodied EmotionsAward HolderAlistair CampbellHigher Education  InstituteDepartment of Drama &#38; Centre for the  History of the EmotionsQueen Mary, University of LondonSource : Beyond TextThe Embodied Emotions project is led by Ali Campbell  (QMUL, Drama) in collaboration with Thomas Dixon (Director of the QMUL  Centre for the History of the Emotions), Clare Whistler (independent  performance artist and opera director), and film maker Bhavesh Hindocha.The project will use academic research and artistic  practice to examine current educational policy goals and deliver  innovative classroom practices.Since 2005 the government has been promoting new  initiatives to develop 'Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning'  (SEAL). In April 2009, Sir Jim Rose published his Independent Review of  the Primary Curriculum. One of his report's four priorities is 'Personal  Development'. Under the heading 'Essentials for Learning and Life',  Rose expresses the hope that the new curriculum will help children  manage their own feelings and become aware of the feelings of others. He  recommends role-play and drama as ways to develop these emotional  skills, and makes approving mention of a project piloted in Durham  enabling children to create dance sequences expressing their emotions.Embodied Emotions will develop a an educational  programme, in consultation with a primary school in East London, to help  deliver such objectives as these, bringing together historians,  performers, educators, and children to investigate how bodily movements  and facial expressions mediate between inward feelings and the outside  world.This work will expand the community-based applied performance  practice developed by Ali Campbell, in consultation with Clare Whistler,  over several years. Other outcomes of Embodied Emotions will include a  journal article, a series of short films, and a one-day event in August  2010. Queen Mary, University of London is an international focus for  research into the emotions, thanks to its interdisciplinary Centre for  the History of the Emotions, launched in November 2008.