Simon Ellis is a New Zealand artist based both in the UK and Australia. This page is a list of past news and activity related to his practice and performance research.
Recent / Past Information
- 29.04.10 » Gertrud at Michaelis Theatre, Roehampton University (19:30) as part of the Resident Artists Platform
- 27.04.10 » Awarded Place Prize 2010 commission for the development and presentation of Desire Lines
- 23.04.10 » Long-duration performance Leaving presented at Kings Cross / St Pancras station
- 21.04.10 » Anamnesis screening at Moves10 in Liverpool
- 09.04.10 » Anamnesis selected to screen at dança em foco in Rio De Janeiro (later in 2010)
- 25.03.10 » Tuesday screening as part of the Loikka Festival in Helsinki, Finland
- 17.03.10 » Three weeks further development of Recovery with Natalie Cursio and Shannon Bott in Melbourne
- 16.03.10 » Three weeks research & development with Bagryana Popov as part of Conversations with the dead
- 12.03.10 » Anamnesis screening in Puebla, Mexico as part of agite y sirva International Festival of Videodance
- 12.02.10 » Improvisation performance with Gabriele Reuter, Gabriele, Jamie McCarthy, Pete Shenton and Sally Doughty at Congregation Hall in Nottingham and with the support of Dance4
- 05.02.10 » Gertrud presented at The Patrick Centre in Birmingham as part of British Dance Edition
- 18.12.09 » Discussion with Kirstie Simson and Le Quan Ninh as part of Winlab at Independent Dance (Siobhan Davies Studio, London)
- 09.12.09 » Presentation on performance/dance interdisciplinarity as part of Centre for Performance and Creative Exchange at Roehampton University, 5.30pm
- 27.11.09 » Anamnesis awareded School Jury Prize for Best Film at InShadow – International Festival of Video, Performance and Technology
- 26.11.09 » Performance–presentation of Hands that don't want anything (dancing with Kirstie Simson) at Roehampton University, 6pm, Duchesne 001
- 24.11.09 » Anamnesis screening in Lisbon Portugal as part of InShadow – International Festival of Video, Performance and Technology
- 25.10.09 » then/now installed at The Beetroot Tree, Draycott Derbyshire, as part of the Choreographic Lab
- 18.10.09 » Participation in one day meeting, Emergent Global Corporealities: Dance Technologies and Circulations of the Social at Yale University
- 26.09.09 » then/now screening at Teatro Puccini in Bari, Italy
- 12.09.09 » Performance of Colin, Simon & I as part of Touchwood at The Place
- 07.09.09 » Performance–presentation Hands That Don’t Want Anything as part of TaPRA’s Performance and the Body working group, discussing recent collaborations with Kirstie Simson
- 09.08.09 » Dance, video and improvisation sessions with Katrina McPherson, Simon Fildes and Kirstie Simson in Scotland
- 20.07.09 » Commence studio–based development (over eight weeks) of Colin & Simon with Colin Poole. Supported by the Choreodrome programme at The Place
- 13.07.09 » Anamnesis presented as part of a conference paper at the Journal of Media Practice Symposium on ‘Mediated Memories’ at Sussex University
- 10.07.09 » Tuesday screening at ADF Dancing for Camera; Durham, North Carolina, USA
- 07.07.09 » Gertrud presented as part of Performing Lives Conference at Kingston University London
- 27.06.09 » Improvisation intensive with Kirstie Simson (et al), in Casine, Italy
- 17.06.09 » Commence pre-production of new screendance project These Things I Hope For with Tim Halliday
- 23.05.09 » Tuesday screening at DANCE:FILM Scotland in Edinburgh
- 19.05.09 » Tuesday selected to screen in Brasil as part of dança em foco – Festival Internacional de Vídeo & Dança
- 19.05.09 » then/now selected to screen through the One Min Reels Cinemoves programme in Sydney, Perth, Darwin, Hobart and Country Arts South Australia
- 27.04.09 » Installation Still/Live to be presented as part of Screendance at The Park Gallery in Falkirk, Scotland
- 27.04.09 » Screening of Tuesday as part of Screendance at The Park Gallery in Falkirk, Scotland
- 26.04.09 » Screening of Tuesday at moves 09 in Manchester
- 22.04.09 » Première of Down (working title) at Springdance in Utrecht, Netherlands
- 14.04.09 » Participation in Europe in Motion as part of Springdance 09 in Utrecht, Holland. Go to http://springdance09.tumblr.com for blog
- 28.03.09 » Uploaded written response—Full Attention—to performances at The Little Con at Cecil Street Studio, Melbourne, 27 February 2009
- 25.03.09 » Screening of a collection of film projects – Tuesday, Anamnesis & then/now – at The Picturedrome, Northampton, UK. 13:00-14:30, including discussion
- 14.03.09 » Tuesday screened as an official selection at The International Video Dance Festival of Le Breuil
- 06.03.09 » Tuesday screening in Montage Video Dance Festival as part of the FNB Dance Umbrella Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa
- 03.03.09 » Performances of Inert at Arts House, Melbourne, 03–15 March 2009
- 07.02.09 » Dance film Tuesday presented at Dance and Media Japan Video Dance Festival in Yokohama Japan
- 02.02.09 » Initial development of solo work, directed by Helen Herbertson as part of Conversations with the dead project (supported by Arts Victoria)
- 27.01.09 » Premiere of Anamnesis at Horse Bazaar, Melbourne.
- 08.01.09 » Premiere of Tuesday at Videodansa (for The Barcelona Prize) in Barcelona, Jan 8–11, 2009.
- 08.01.09 » Installation Still/Live presented at Videodansa (Image, Dance and New Media) in Barcelona, Jan 8–11, 2009.
- 06.01.09 » First development of new project – The Voyeur – with Clare Dyson, Mark Dyson and Bruce McKinven
- 05.12.08 » Dance film then/now screening as part of Video Dance Italy 08 (curated by Gitta Wigro) in Bassano del Grappa, Ferrara, Ravenna & Civitanova Marché
- 24.11.08 » Commence production of anamnesis, a dance screen project funded by the Australia Council
- 18.10.08 » Online (remote) development of new performance work with Colin Poole: Colin & Simon; scheduled for studio development in London, July 2009
- 16.10.08 » Dance film then/now selected to screen at EDIT2008 4th International Dance Film Festival, Budapest
- 13.10.08 » Initial development of solo work, directed by Bagryana Popov as part of Conversations with the dead project (supported by Arts Victoria)
- 19.09.08 » Screening of dance film then/now in Basel International Film Festival for Dance and Performance, Switzerland
- 17.09.08 » Awarded City of Melbourne funding to redevelop and present Inert at Arts House in March 2009 as part of Dance Massive
- 13.09.08 » Gertrud selected as one of five finalists in The Place Prize for performances from 17th – 27th September at The Place
- 05.09.08 » Post-production of dance film Tuesday completed
- 14.07.08 » Arts Victoria funding for development of Conversations with the dead: two new solo performances choreographed by Helen Herbertson and Bagryana Popov respectively
- 11.07.08 » Screening of dance film then/now in ADF's Dancing for the Camera: International Festival of Film and Video Dance at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
- 29.06.08 » Improvisation intensive with Kirstie Simson et al, Syros Greece
- 21.06.08 » Performance improvisation with Kirstie Simson, Christian Burns et al, at Canal Danse, Paris
- 06.06.08 » The Timed Body published as part of Extensions Online Journal of Embodiment and Technology (Volume 4: TempoRealities of Performance)
- 14.05.08 » Premiere of choreographic commission Them & Me for The Graduate Company (University of Northampton)
- 02.04.08 » Offered Place Prize commission for the development and presentation of Gertrud at The Place in September 2008
- 22.04.08 » Screening of dance film then/now at moves08 in Manchester, UK
- 22.04.08 » Screenings of film component of Inert as part of moves08 in Manchester, UK
- 25.02.08 » Inert selected for Australian Performing Arts Market, February 2008, in Adelaide, Australia, and supported by Arts Victoria
- 19.12.07 » Improvisation performance curated by Kirstie Simson and Christian Burns at Siobhan Davies Studio (London) as part of Winlab
- 08.12.07 » Ten day intensive with Bagryana Popov at Red House Centre for Culture and Debate in Sofia, Bulgaria
- 07.12.07 » Screening of dance film then/now at After Urban - Video Art & Architecture event at Monkeytown in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
- 30.11.07 » Four Acts of Violence Leading Up To Now at Platform, Derby Dance, Derby UK
- 29.11.07 » Presentation of Still/Live animation/installation at CUBE café|bar, Derby Dance, Derby UK
- 20.11.07 » Performative-presentation Watching at Opensource:{video-dance} 2007, Findhorn, Scotland
- 16.11.07 » Screening of dance film then/now at After Urban - Video Art & Architecture event at International Experimental Film Festival Carbunari 2007 in Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania
- 03.11.07 » Three day screendance workshop with Lisa Nelson in Brighton
- 22.10.07 » Commence development of Boys with graduating students of University of Northampton
- 02.10.07 » Two week residency with Bagryana Popov in Bitola, Macedonia - development of new solo project. View sample video files here: 1 • 2
- 28.09.07 » Premiere of dance film then/now at Electrofringe Festival as part of Reeldance: One minute reels
- 27.09.07 » Two week installation of Still/Live at the Fishmarket in Northampton
- 05.09.07 » Presentation of The Timed Body at TaPRA (Performance and the Body working group) at Birmingham University
- 25.08.07 » Dance/Video/Improvisation, one week workshop with Kirstie Simson, Katrina McPherson and Simon Fildes at Findhorn, Scotland
- 30.07.07 » Choreodrome, two weeks directed research with Guy Cools and Lin Snelling at The Place in London
- 01.07.07 » Four Acts of Violence Leading Up To Now at Isham Studios Northampton; open showing of research with Paea Leach and Matthew Smith; further details here
- 23.06.07 » Initial development of new project featuring Matthew Smith and Paea Leach. Includes daily public open practice. Visit tumble log from 22.06.07
- 15.06.07 » dad.project released as part of Screenworks DVD in conjunction with Journal of Media Practice Symposium at Bristol University
- 25.05.07 » Still/Live premiere as part of Reeldance Installations #03 at Performance Space in Sydney
- 22.05.07 » Screening of film component of Inert in Le Crocodile at Atelier de Paris - Carolyn Carlson
- 05.05.07 » Two week residency with Rosalind Crisp at Atelier de Paris
- 30.04.07 » Arts Council UK support for professional development and research
- 27.04.07 » Screenings of film component of Inert as part of Reel at Fishmarket in Northampton
- 26.04.07 » Commence production of Tuesday, a dance on screen collaboration with Tim Halliday
- 12.03.07 » Open practice/research with Matthew Smith at Willie Dorner Studio in Vienna