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i could have Nov 10, 2019 blog Repost from Sarah Elgart over at Cultural Weekly. Director Anna Galinova’s “i could have” It’s a simple film — like an arthouse

sally potter and the best time to start is now Oct 14, 2019 blog The best time to start is now (don’t wait) Take responsibility for everything (it saves time) Don’t blame anyone or anything (including

the dead Sep 1, 2019 blog What would the dead want from us Watching from their cave? Would they have us forever howling? Would they have us rave Or disfigure ourselves, or be

reliable source Aug 18, 2019 blog From wired.co.uk/article/wikipedia-fake-news-disinformation: while other platforms are mired in debate over the borders between free speech,

civic responsibility Aug 17, 2019 blog From Roger McNamee’s book Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe: The internet platforms have harvested fifty years of trust and goodwill

anne boyer’s rules for teachers Aug 17, 2019 blog Yesterday the artist/choreographer Paul Hughes sent me a link to this list of rules for teachers written by the American poet Anne Boyer. They are

curing affluenza Aug 4, 2019 blog Richard Denniss is an Australian economist and his book “Curing affluenza: how to buy less stuff and save the world” is well researched, clear and

data Jul 22, 2019 blog

I happened across this image the other day at changeabilitysolutions.com: Given just how overwhelming it is to understand how data is changing and

shona Jul 11, 2019 blog

On 18 June this year the remarkable dancer, teacher and choreographer Shona Dunlop MacTavish died in her hometown of Dunedin in New Zealand. She was

history Jun 9, 2019 blog History as “… a thin thread stretching over an ocean of the forgotten.” – Milan Kundera, The Joke (cited in Waltzing in the Dark by Brenda Dixon

5.2 (Self) Portraits Jun 5, 2019 practice

I am curious about the ways in which dance has resisted influence and quotation within the art form. For the most part, choreographers want to be

the dirt May 27, 2019 blog Look for the dirt behind the shine. – Naomi Klein’s grandfather (in the acknowledgements to No Logo)

overton window May 12, 2019 blog I was reading something recently (but can’t for the life of me track down the original source) about politics and policy and read of The Overton

maximum irony and losing your data Apr 28, 2019 blog As Jamie Zawinski has remarked, when it comes to losing your data “The universe tends toward maximum irony. Don’t push it.” – Kieran Healy, The

about this site Jan 15, 2019 info

I’m Simon Ellis and this website and blog traces my ongoing practice, work and interests as a dance artist.

receiving updates Jan 15, 2019 info I post to the site regularly (at least every fortnight) and the best way to receive updates is by clicking on the feed button in the bottom left of

biography Jan 15, 2019 info

I am an artist working with practices of choreography, filmmaking and dance. I was born in the Wairarapa in Aotearoa/New Zealand, but now live in

contact Jan 15, 2019 info To get in touch you can either subscribe to my mailing list or email me directly at skellis.info@protonmail.com.

Pause. Listen: Visibility and Freedom in Choreographic Practice Jan 15, 2019 writing

This writing is about the working relationship between a dancer and a choreographer. In it I consider some of the ethical values of making and

documenting the document Aug 3, 2016 blog Previously I’ve posted links to Windows and MacOS copies of my practice-as-research PhD project Indelible (2005). For people using Intel versions of