Stephanie Ellison is an anthropologist, movement researcher, and Pilates and dance practitioner with over 25 years of teaching experience. Her work integrates movement practices, anthropology, and spatial phenomenology to explore the role of embodied experience in collaborative environments, such as education, healthcare, environmental, and community contexts.
She holds a BA in Communications from Illinois State University, specializing in Japanese and Political Science, and an MA in Dance Anthropology from Choreomundus, an Erasmus consortium focusing on dance and movement as intangible cultural heritage. Her recent research includes fieldwork on contemporary ritual movement connecting communities to water and local environments in Southern England, as well as time as a guest researcher at the Interacting Minds Centre at Aarhus University, exploring spaces of nonverbal expression in clinical medicine settings. She also contributed to the initial stage of “Dance Brain Rehab,” an initiative equipping EU dance professionals to work with neuro-fragile groups through neuroscience-informed artistic movement strategies.
Drawing on her experience in dance and rehabilitation, Stephanie’s current anthropological research investigates how embodied and sensory rhythms influence human relationships and communication.
Art projects TheRustedWrench.com