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uniqueness and sonder January 23, 2022 blog When you start appreciating someone’s uniqueness instead of just seeing them as a label like ‘religious fundamentalist’ or ‘single mother’, you are

the body in time January 20, 2022 practice

A computer desktop performance that explores the question: Where so many body-based practices are predicated on nuanced encounters with being

would have been January 16, 2022 blog

My mother Gabrielle Eastwood-Ellis would have been 85 today. Here she is in 1960 on her honeymoon. She was 23 at the time

frame.2 - connecting, moving & making online January 14, 2022 blog

I’m involved in this terrific series of workshops called Frame, curated and led by Kyra Norman and Claire Loussouarn, and hosted by Independent

the arrow January 9, 2022 blog I’ve just finished reading Roman Krznaric’s utterly inspiring book The Good Ancestor. It’s a book about deep time and long-term thinking. Here’s one

emerging experience January 4, 2022 blog There is something compelling about the constancy of Antonio Damasio’s focus on the nature of consciousness. With each new publication, there’s a

Editorial: Shifting Dependence December 1, 2021 practice

An editorial for Choreographic Practices by Lee Miller and Simon Ellis. Reference: Ellis, Simon and Lee Miller 2021. “Editorial: Shifting

gabrielle November 4, 2021 blog

Gabrielle Anne Eastwood Ellis 16 January 1937 - 4 November 2021

stand by me October 28, 2021 blog

cookie monster October 8, 2021 blog You know those cookie consent dialog boxes that now pop up on every website you visit since GDPR entered our world in 2018? This week Nieman Lab’s

now: 4 October 2021 October 4, 2021 blog Going on for me right now: Reading: Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, The Extended Mind by Annie Murphy Paul, Rationality by Steven

Cellule d’Essai 2021: A biography of sorts September 13, 2021 practice

In August 2021 I was invited by Cellule d’Essai to be part of a few days of open research into choreography and dance in Lyon, France. What follows

time management advice September 2, 2021 blog Warning: long post and there’s no tl;dr. I was recently in the studio with a group of choreographers. One of the things that came up was how they

probably in a good place August 30, 2021 blog In Daniel Pink’s slightly flimsy book When: the Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing, there’s a section called When to Quit a Job: A Guide. Point 3

what one already knows August 23, 2021 blog Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows. – Epictetus, Discourses,

the show is over August 9, 2021 blog events like this (with attendees jetting in from all over the planet) are no longer viable if we want to ensure a liveable planet for future

belonging is stronger than facts July 26, 2021 blog In the podcast I make with Lee Miller called Midlifing Lee and I keep coming back to the ways in which human beings depend on the concepts of us and

now: 25 July 2021 July 25, 2021 blog Going on for me right now: Reading: Why I am Not Going to Buy a Computer by Wendell Berry, Dove Mi Trovo by Jhumpa Lahiri, Consolations by David

weakness of the flesh July 18, 2021 blog

Weakness of the Flesh is a film by Kevin McGloughlin and Jacob Jonas that uses relatively simple animation to duplicate and people the solo dance

choreography and explaining jokes July 4, 2021 blog My friend Rosemary Lee is a remarkable choreographer. Her artistic work captures so much of the spirit of being human: of being together, our