The Timed Body
June 1, 2008
practice
This is a video archive of the Flash animation. The original web materials are presented below. The Timed Body was originally developed for ‘The
watching
November 23, 2007
practice
Watching is a performance-presentation first shown at OpenSource{VideoDance} 2007, Findhorn, Scotland on 23 November 2007. It in I explore the
then/now
September 28, 2007
practice
is a one minute dance film. It was originally developed for ReelDance One Minute Reels in July 2007 using two imposed constraints: no
Four Acts of Violence Leading Up to Now
September 21, 2006
practice
“we must enter into the thickness of a duration where our memories are forged” — Marie Cariou Four Acts of Violence Leading Up to Now inhabits both
microflicks
July 1, 2006
practice
Micro50 video is two seconds/50 frames in length. A collection of moments and distilled events. The slights of mediated performance; cut, cared for,
dad.project
June 25, 2006
practice
This is an archive of a Flash-based project built by David Corbet in 2006. The site was an open gallery designed for people to upload their own set
Tight
June 21, 2006
practice
I saw him the other day. He looked middle aged. A bit too much weight, not quite enough hair. Nowhere near as … tight. He kept mentioning the good
Inert
May 10, 2006
practice
Two performers Two viewers Love in two parts How close is too close? A performance about intimacy and helplessness Inert is a performance experience
A Hypermedia Remembering
December 1, 2005
practice
Indelible: A Hypermedia Remembering (2005) examines notions of memory, remembering and representation within a movement and performance research
A Little Dance
September 1, 2005
practice
And do the things/Ah, do the things/That we like to do Performance: Colette Arnold, Rosey Feltham, Georgie Goater, Desmond Gul, Annabel Harrison,
Sleep. Wake. Dream.
August 20, 2005
practice
A small room. No doors. No light. Dank. Locked. No shouting. No movement. In your dream, I am breathing. And you are clenched in stillness. In my
Indelible
February 4, 2003
practice
She sat on the bank and drank oblivion of her former life. Suppose that a young woman passing between life and death, in an imaginary liminal
Lying
November 21, 2002
practice
She tried to hug me, I wasn’t listening. A movement and video performance developed by Simon Ellis and students of the Victorian College of the
Full
June 20, 2001
practice
With Full, independent dance choreographer Simon Ellis has crafted a minutely detailed and effectively flawless dance installation. – Ben Zipper
undone years
May 18, 2000
practice
I am the enemy you killed, my friend. A movement theatre work by Simon Ellis and first year students of the Victoria College of the Arts. Presented
Semi-detached (Poss. 2nd bdrm.)
November 17, 1999
practice
Just as we are shaped and influenced by where we live, and what it is that we call ‘home’, Semi-detached (poss. 2nd bdrm) is the result of
Touch
August 7, 1998
practice
Distance | Proximity | Voice | Movement Design, choreography & performance: Simon Ellis Voice: Christine Sullivan Slide Design & Projection: Gabby
skellis.net
July 1, 1997
I’m Simon Ellis and this website traces my practice, work and interests as a dance artist. If you’d like to receive brief monthly essays (mostly to