Elle Evangelista loves dancing.
Elle was raised on Boorloo/Perth by her Filipino and Burmese family and currently lives on Garigal Land in Sydney with her partner and young son. Elle is proud to have an ongoing career in the arts, navigating the complex structural and cultural barriers that exist with this decision.
Elle has a Bachelor of Arts in English from UWA and a Bachelor of Arts in Dance from WAAPA. In response to the Black Lives Matter movement she commenced a Juris Doctor. She considers her learning prior and post her formal study as equally valid and valuable in her artistic pursuits.
Elle actively works to centre joy and pleasure in her work and process. She loves working in settings where dancing can be an agent for provocation, provide a solution or be a joyful disruptor to process. She prides herself on the quality of her playlists and being a generous collaborator.
Away from the stage and studio Elle really, really, enjoys knitting.
Homepage image: Brett Boardman
2023
Belvoir - Master and Margarita, Choreographer
NIDA - A Very Expensive Poison, Choreographer
APAF - Independent Delegate
Carriageworks - Consent in Conversation, Panel Host
Bell Shakespeare - Twelfth Night, Choreographer
DRILL Performance - AGE, Guest Collaborator
2022
BELVOIR Artistic Associate
Australian Chamber Orchestra - How To Catch A Star, Movement Director
Belvoir x Sydney Symphony Orchestra - A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Choreographer
Belvoir - The REP Season, Choreographer
Force Majeure - INCITE Youth, Director
2021
Belvoir - The Boomkak Panto, Choreographer
Belvoir - The Cherry Orchard, Choreographer
Supercell Festival of Contemporary Dance - The Makers Program, funded recipient
Open Tab - Critical Path / Matt Cornell, Key Artist
Force Majeure - The Last Season, Youth Company Rehearsal Director, Sydney Festival
March Dance - THIRTY31, funded residency recipient
CounterTechnique - Co-facilitator and Consultant, Examining Whiteness
2020
GIF of Dance - Performer/Collaborator
Performance Space - Access Coordinator, Liveworks
Brand X - Residency Recipient, 30THIRTY, The Flying Nun
Ausdance NSW - Residency Recipient, 30THIRTY, DAIR
Tropical Glaciers - Collaborator, Matt Cornell
2019
Performance Space - Access Coordinator, Liveworks
Force Majeure - Company Administrator and Tour Manager
Force Majeure - Director’s Assistant, Masters of Modern Sound, Sydney Festival
2018
Force Majeure - Stage Manager, seed development Four Seasons
Force Majeure - Support Artist to Artistic Director, INCITE
Performance Space - Access Coordinator, Liveworks
The SWATCH Project
Days Like These - Performer, Murmuration, The Joan
Mura Buai (Everyone, Everyone) - Ghenoa Gela - Collaborator and Performer
FLOCK - Force Majeure
KAGE - Rehearsal Director/Performer, Caught in the Middle (Sweden, Finland, Norway)
2017
The Right Foot - Dirtyfeet
Intercultural Lab with Adam Warburton
danced together - Matt Cornell
Out of Earshot - KAGE
Days Like These - Murmuration, Cootamundra
Practice Development Lab - Kate Marsh
A Metal Cry - Justene Williams
Artslab: Treats - Shopfront Arts Co-op
2016
Merge - Studio Artes
HEARD-SYD - Nick Cave
Catalyst Dance Program (2016)
Off the Record - Force Majeure (teaching artist)
Fragments of Malungoka - Women of the Sea - Ghenoa Gela (winner of The Keir Choreographic Award 2016)
2015
Catalyst Dance Program (2015)
Ausdance NSW - Marketing and Communications Manager
2014
The King and I - Opera Australia and GFO Productions