Entries tagged practice from skellis

pressure, stress and strain — the body in time in practice as research Jan 20, 2022 practice

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

Cellule d’Essai 2021: A biography of sorts Sep 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

Editorial: Opposite Sides of Something Jul 1, 2021 practice

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

lil making postcards Mar 6, 2021 practice

A video document of Lil Boyce making Postcards from Before Supported by C-DaRE — the Centre for Dance Research — at Coventry University

Editorial Feb 19, 2021 practice

An editorial for Choreographic Practices by Lee Miller and Simon Ellis that thinks through tribalism, us and them, and sympoiesis. Reference: Ellis,

chasing elvis Nov 20, 2020 practice

A film by Hamish MacPherson and Simon Ellis Supported by C-DaRE — the Centre for Dance Research — at Coventry University

midlifing Nov 11, 2020 practice

www.midlifing.net/ Eavesdrop on two friends having serious conversations about silly things, and silly conversations about serious things. A podcast

Corporeal Epistemics Mar 13, 2020 practice

A desktop presentation exploring the datafication of experience and the ways in which choreographic practices — and the radically analogue human

two people together Mar 4, 2020 practice

A film by Simon Ellis, Igor Urzelai & Moreno Solinas. Filmed during Igor and Moreno’s Bora Bora residency at Odin Teatret in Denmark, April-May

Currency of Play Sep 27, 2019 practice

In the European summer of 2019 the choreographer-dancer Shaun McLeod (Australia) and I worked for four weeks in a studio in London. We worked with

Full Responsibility Feb 8, 2019 practice

Sincerity takes practice A film by Rebecca Salzer and Simon Ellis. Supported by the University of Alabama Arts and Sciences College Academy of

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

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

Between Faces Nov 14, 2018 practice

Human practices, rhythms, and habits are all being changed by the hyper-presence of screens: we choreograph them as they choreograph us. It is now

That Thing Produced Jun 1, 2018 practice

Practice-as-research continues to struggle with its epistemic value. For the most part we seem to have stopped grappling with the complexity of what

We Took Photographs May 20, 2018 practice

In May 2018 Paul Hughes, Hamish MacPherson and I had an artistic residency at S’ALA in Sassari, Italy. It was an open-ended residency and we wrote a

and that is what you see us by Mar 8, 2018 practice

A performance installation by Natalia Barua, Katrina McPherson and Simon Ellis. We took photographs; a lot of photographs. We wanted to know what we

some things about dance Feb 1, 2018 practice

Some Things About Dance is a digital book. It is a collection of playful ideas or things about the art of dance. Each brief chapter is

We Like Lists Because We Don’t Want to Die Nov 27, 2017 practice

A choreography of words for ten people by Shannon Bott and Simon Ellis. We started working together as dance-artists in 2003. The collaboration

not for choreographic purposes Sep 11, 2017 practice

We all have things or people in our lives that just shouldn’t — or won’t — be used for choreographic purposes. This is a set of stickers to mark

Sprawl Jul 8, 2017 practice

A scratch performance by Shaun McLeod and Simon Ellis presented at the Dance and Somatic Practices Conference, 8 July 2017 Photos courtesy of

portrait Dec 12, 2016 practice

52 Portraits is a project by Jonathan Burrows, Matteo Fargion, and Hugo Glendinning. Colin, Simon and I was invited to perform a portrait in

We Record Ourselves Oct 15, 2016 practice

[single screen film (8 mins/stereo/2016) + 22 screen installation (5 mins/2016)] In 1997 film-maker Katrina McPherson tried to get a film

women will always be blamed for everything Jun 7, 2016 practice

is a 10 second film or vision that was created as part of Siobhan Davies and David Hinton’s project The

woman is fire bearing fire Jun 7, 2016 practice

is a 10 second film or vision that was created as part of Siobhan Davies and David Hinton’s project The Running Tongue

Our White Friend May 21, 2016 practice

is a performance project by Colin, Simon and I. It premièred at Independent Dance London on 21 May 2016. Tim Wise is an American

Attitudes and Principles of Making Apr 1, 2016 practice

This is a list of principles — or perhaps attitudes — of choreographic practice and making. The list is not exhaustive, and indeed comprises many

Jealousy, Transmission and Recovery Nov 26, 2015 practice

is an article for Performance Research that reflects on the performance project Recovery in relation to

Attention, friendship and dramaturgy Oct 17, 2015 practice

I am watching Igor and Moreno disagree — maybe even bicker — as they struggle to sort out a particular transition in the work. They are tired, and

Recovery Dec 3, 2014 practice

Absence may hover over this piece, but it is coupled with the ever-present hum of life. At the end, we are guided up to where we began, but we are

Collaboration, Violence and Difference Oct 31, 2014 practice

We are Colin Poole (UK) and Simon Ellis (NZ) - two dance artists who collaborate as Colin, Simon & I. In this chapter we reflect on the nature of

Pause. Listen. Sep 17, 2014 practice

is a dance by Chisato Ohno (dancer), Simon Ellis (choreographer), and Jackie Shemesh (designer). It is designed to adapt and change

Untitled Project About Love Apr 25, 2014 practice

A project about mundane and extraordinary instances of old love, by Bagryana Popov, Shannon Bott and Simon Ellis. The two performers are moving in,

A Separation Mar 27, 2014 practice

If it crosses the line, if it goes too far, then it should do because it’s only by going too far that we know what the limits are. — William Drew

Dancing Words Jan 26, 2014 practice

The many many words of dancing. This is an A2 sized poster, first released in 2014 and then updated in 2018. Some other information:

Dancing With Myself, Oh Oh Oh Sep 1, 2013 practice

is an attempt to draw together a number of diverse ideas about information, curation, friendship and identity, and to

Because We Care Jun 8, 2012 practice

is a performance project by Colin, Simon and I. It is about ways of relating: between men, and between audiences and performers

I Think Not Feb 24, 2012 practice

What happens when you can’t do it? That’s where the dance is. What is revealed when you can’t do it? – Deborah Hay Deborah Hay is one of the

Booth: A Dance Fair Nov 25, 2011 practice

by Simon Ellis, Amy Watson and Heather Caruso Booth: A Dance Fair comprised six dance-related activities — Solo, Social, Photo, Video, Talk and

pictures Nov 1, 2011 practice

A biography in pictures, an old piece of video, and Bach. 1 November 2011. Photographs: unknown Music: J.S. Bach — Sonata No. 3 in C Major, BWV

My Name is Colin, and This is Simon Jan 1, 2011 practice

In fragments of conversation, and in excerpts from their blog, choreographers Simon Ellis and Colin Poole talk about how their first collaborative

Anamnesis (remembered) Nov 1, 2010 practice

remembers, constructs and questions aspects of Anamnesis — a screendance project exploring memory and loss that I initiated

Desire Lines Sep 11, 2010 practice

… love, endings, and the lure of the screen A dance for two people and a camera operator. Desire Lines premièred as part of The Place Prize on 21

Leaving Apr 23, 2010 practice

is a long duration performance presented in public spaces. It involves eight or more performers working in synchronised duets to explore the

Anamnesis Nov 26, 2009 practice

All our will, our wishes, our hope cannot stop this. Anamnesis is a screendance project by Cormac Lally (videography/editing), David Corbet (sound),

Down (working title) Apr 22, 2009 practice

He is resisting the subjective, presenting a fully wrapped package, a present, a small gift — ready to be sent. He is (he hopes) amongst friends,

Tuesday Jan 8, 2009 practice

A dance film by Simon Ellis & Tim Halliday. One man’s obsession with solitude, dance and digital memory. Music: “Red Right Hand” Written by

Gertrud Sep 10, 2008 practice

simple, imaginative and very bold — The Guardian A performed conversation through time. Gertrud is a solo performance project. It is an imagined and

The Timed Body Jun 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

then/now Sep 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 Sep 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 Jul 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Dec 1, 2005 practice

Indelible: A Hypermedia Remembering (2005) examines notions of memory, remembering and representation within a movement and performance research

A Little Dance Sep 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. Aug 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 Feb 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 Nov 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 Jun 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.) Nov 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 Aug 7, 1998 practice

Distance | Proximity | Voice | Movement Design, choreography & performance: Simon Ellis Voice: Christine Sullivan Slide Design & Projection: Gabby