Dr Andrew Sanger
Last modified: June 15, 2026
About
PhD Anthropology
FHEA
Secretary of Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology Committee, Royal Anthropological Institute
About the organisation(s) I've worked for
Organisation name:
The Place | London Contemporary Dance SchoolAbout my experience and expertise
Personal statement:
I am an environmental and dance researcher with a focus on how movement can connect people to place, foster a greater sense of nature connection, and stimulate the development of an embodied environmental ethics. My research discusses movements’ capacity to generate meaningful experiences of enchantment and promote relational practices of storytelling. I also advocate for the ‘soft’ activistic potential of artistic practice.
Collaboration opportunities:
I am interested in both social science and artistic practice collaborations with environmental, social, and arts-based organisations.
Publications:
“Sanctuary on the fault line: environmental dance practice as liminal critique and refuge”. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443927.2024.2312296
“Gaga and naming as eco-somatic practices of enchantment” https://doi.org/10.1386/jdsp_00086_1
“For of these islands I am made: dance and environmental sensibility in the United Kingdom”. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10189518/
Other projects and networks:
Ecotones Programme Launch. https://www.spikeisland.org.uk/programme/events/ecotones-programme-launch/
