Thea Stanton

Thea Stanton is an indigenous Chilean British researcher, choreographer and lecturer. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Chichester where she is exploring the notion of a decolonising immersive choreographic practice through border experiences. She has produced and choreographed large scale immersive events at The Royal Academy of Arts, TripSpace Projects and the Royal College of Music. She has presented work at Turner Margate, The Place, Spontaneous Combustion, Walmer Yard and Edinburgh Fringe. She has also collaborated with Architects Stanton Williams on a site responsive work for Milan Design Week.

Thea is the Unit 7 Leader and BA3 Year Group Coordinator at London Contemporary Dance School. She is a recipient of the 2022 Ivor Guest Research Grant, from the society of Dance Research. Most recently Thea has presented on the ResDance Podcast and been published in Krtitika Kultura in 2022. She has a chapter in the upcoming publication ‘The Routledge Companion to Bodies in Performance’ and she is currently a co-convenor of the TaPRA Bodies and Performance Working Group.