Currently, I am a PhD researcher at De Montfort University, awarded with a full scholarship.

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My research title stands at the moment as Anthropophagic Actions for the Contemporary Dancer: An Approach Towards Presence Amplification and Enhancing Devising Processes.

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I am looking at the concept of an ‘anthropophagic action’, a metaphorical cannibalistic act undertaken by contemporary dancers to unlock their embodied knowledge and support their devising process. 

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I introduce the notion of self-cannibalism, where dancers cannibalise their own actions and experiences, enabling them to find and deploy their homebody; a term I use building on Richard Schechner's (2020) and Eugenio Barba’s (1991) theorisation of consciously and unconsciously constructed forms of bodily codification, on which we all draw in our daily lives. I contend that utilising their homebody enriches the dancer’s practice, enabling them to amplify their devising skills and also allowing space for generosity and solidarity within contemporary dance training settings.

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