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Sally Elizabeth Dean is a Research Fellow in the Department of Design at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO), currently on leave. Her work bridges performing arts, costume design, and somatic practices through innovative artistic research focused on touch choreography and sensorial agency.
Dean's research centers on somatic costume as a mediator for touch and poetic expression, exploring how materiality and sensorial experiences can be choreographed in performance. Key interests include rest, water, mending, and hugging as performance themes, with strong emphasis on Skinner Releasing Technique integration and participatory workshop methodologies that foster embodied connections between performers and audiences.
Her publication trajectory (2021-2023) reveals consistent development of the Somatic Costume Dressing Room project, evolving from foundational material explorations to complex themes of attention choreography and sensorial agency. The work demonstrates increasing sophistication in merging costume design with somatic movement, particularly through hybrid (online/offline) workshop formats that investigate poetic materiality and costume agency.
Scientific awards: None documented in available sources.
Advising and grants: No information available regarding student supervision or research funding.
Dean actively collaborates with Christina Lindgren, Sodja Lotker, and Charlotte Østergaard on the Costume Agency Artistic Project, conducting experimental workshops (5-8) that investigate costume's performative potential through material exploration and somatic movement practices.
