Mr H Patten
Associate Dance Tutor
Email: h.patten@surrey.ac.uk
Office hours
9 - 5
Further information
Biography
‘H’ Patten is the Artistic Director of Koromanti Arts. His career spans over 21 years, pioneering African and Caribbean music and dance. Trained in Ghana, ‘H’ has collaborated with top choreographers and producers including F. Nii-Yartey (Ghana), Monika Lawrence (Jamaica), Keith Khan (UK) and The British Council (UK, West, Central and Southern Africa). Obtaining his masters in TV Documentary at Goldsmiths University College, ‘H’ has developed Dance for Camera techniques, and is currently on the PhD programme at the University of Surrey, researching - Moving in the Spirit of Jamaican Dancehall: Continuities and change between traditional African dance and the Dancehall genre
Teaching
"H" teaches African People's Dance level 1
