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Helena Hammond is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Dance at the University of Roehampton. She holds a DPhil from Oxford University and specializes in dance studies, cultural history, and philosophy. Her research interrogates intersections between dance, history, and political theory, with a focus on poststructuralist and Foucauldian frameworks.
Key affiliations include the Society for Dance Research, British Australian Studies Association, and editorial roles for journals such as Platform. Her consultancy work includes roles with the Central School of Ballet and Leverhulme Trust.
Research interests span dance historiography, neoliberalism's impact on artistic labor, and choreo-philosophical critiques. Notable works include analyses of ballet's historical narratives (e.g., MacMillan's Manon), Disney's Maleficent as a Cynic philosophy critique, and Bourbon Neapolitan state imagery. Recent publications (2013–2020) emphasize interdisciplinary approaches linking performance, history, and political thought.
Recipient of the Anthony Denning Award (2016) and Selma Jeanne Cohen Lectureship (2010), she has delivered keynote lectures and peer reviews. Current projects explore dance as a medium for historical representation and the ethics of neoliberal precarity.
Professional activities include PhD supervision (e.g., The Capacity to be Alone in the Presence of Media Devices), conference presentations on ballet history, and engagement in academic workshops on memory studies.
