Thomas Kampe

Thomas Kampe has worked with somatic processes for actors, for over 35 years. He works as Professor of Somatic Performance and Education at Bath Spa University. Thomas is a teacher of the Feldenkrais Method ®, which forms a foundation for his teaching and research which focuses on legacies of critical somatic practices. Thomas co-edited JDSP Vol. 9 (2017): ‘Bodily undoing: Somatics as practices of critique’, and was guest editor of the IFF Journal Vol. 6 (2019): ‘Practices of Freedom: The Feldenkrais Method and Creativity’. His latest book-chapter on ‘Feldenkrais and the Theatre’ was published in 2021. He was co-director of Body IQ Festival 2019.