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Dr Stefanie Sachsenmaier

Senior Lecturer in Theatre

Stefanie Sachsenmaier

  • School Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries

  • Department School of Arts

  • Location London

Research activities

Processes of performance-making

Performance and Politics

Philosophy and performance

Practice-as-research

Performer training

Collaborative performance-making

Cross-cultural practices

Tai Chi Chuan/Martial Arts


Current Teaching

BA Theatre

PGR supervision:

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Alexandra Baybutt: 鈥淚mperceptible politics: curation of contemporary dance festivals in the former Yugoslav space, 2007-2017鈥� Second Supervisor (completed 2020)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Helen Kindred: 鈥淒ancing in-between鈥� 鈥� Second Supervisor (2014 鈥� completed 2020)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Leah Antonellis: 鈥淎utonomy-Supportive Pedagogy for Adolescent Autistic Dancers: The Co-Design of an Inclusive Dance Model鈥� Second Supervisor (completed 2024)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Su Rong: 鈥淭he Potential of Process-centred Drama in Activating the New Curriculum Reform in the post-2000 Basic Education System in China鈥� 鈥� Director of Studies (2019-2024, completed 2024)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Natalie Tomlin: 鈥淯ncanny Aesthetics and the Sensual Spectral Turn: an artist-technician approach to dark-digital designs and spectator experience in immersive performance鈥� Third Supervisor (completed 2025)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Abigail Diaz: 鈥淒ance Technology: Fostering digital creativity and hybridized compositional practices鈥� 鈥� Director of Studies (completed 2025)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Dominique Rivoal: 鈥淢ind Clearing and Dance-Making鈥� 鈥� Director of Studies, ArtsD (2018 鈥� completed 2026)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Huai-wen Chang: 鈥淒ance without a Dancer: Improvising towards and in a state of unmediated awareness鈥� 鈥� Director of Studies, PhD (2023 鈥� anticipated completion 2027)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Jingwen Lu: 鈥淒eveloping a Training Workshop for Chinese University Dance Students through the Adaptation of UK聽Community聽Dance Practice鈥� 鈥� Director of Studies, PhD (since 2024)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Yoana Stoeva: 鈥淓xploring The Significance of Embodied Reflection on Emotional Experiences in Higher Education of Dance鈥� (anticipated completion 2026)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sangdi Zhao: 鈥淭he Development of Screendance Courses in Chinese Universities鈥� 鈥� Director of Studies, PhD (since 2024)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Xuefei Chu: 鈥淐ircular rhythms and 'hair throwing': Internal colonialism between 'Chinese' and Wa Dance forms鈥� 鈥� Director of Studies, PhD (since 2025)

-聽聽聽聽聽聽 Josie Campbell: 鈥淰oice Coaching for Women in the Middle East鈥� [working title] 鈥� Professional Doctorate in Transdisciplinary Studies (since 2026)


Biography

Stefanie Gabriele Sachsenmaier (PhD 麻豆TV网站 University, DEA Universit茅 de la Sorbonne Nlle, MA Goldsmiths College, SFHEA) is Associate Professor in Contemporary Performance at 麻豆TV网站 University. From 2020 - 2026 she was Postgraduate Research Degrees Lead for the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries and Chair of the Faculty Ethics Committee. Her research centres on the processual in creative practice, with a particular interest in the ways that performance practices extend into socio-political contexts. Roles on funded projects include Co-Investigator on Artistic Doctorates in Europe (ErasmusPlus, 2017-2019) and Co-Investigator for Future Ecologies: Producing Dance Network (AHRC, Dance Research Matters, 2023-2026). She forms part of the AHRC Dance Research Matters Advisory Group, is editorial team member of Contemporary Theatre Review 鈥業nterventions鈥� and sits on the editorial board of Choreographic Practices Journal. Publications include the co-edited book Collaboration in Performance Practice: Premises, Workings and Failures (Palgrave 2016) and a series of writings related to her long-term research with British choreographer Rosemary Butcher, with archival work ongoing. She co-edited the special issues Critical Stages 鈥楿nstable Ground: Reconfigurations of Performance and Politics鈥� (2021) and Performance Research: 鈥極n Solidarity鈥� (2022) and is currently working on a monograph with the working title Politics of Process in Performance, forthcoming with Bloomsbury. With a background as a performer, she is an experienced practitioner of Wu Style taijiquan.聽

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