Hi! I’m Elle (“ell-ee”) and
I love dancing.
I’ve worked with over 70 actors as a movement director and choreographer at Belvoir, Bell Shakespeare, NIDA and more.
I actively work to centre joy and pleasure in my work and process. I love working in settings where dancing can be an agent for provocation, provide a solution or be a joyful disruptor to process. I pride myself on the quality of my playlists and being a generous collaborator.
I have 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 I commenced a Juris Doctor. I consider my learning prior and post my formal study as equally valid and valuable in my artistic pursuits. I’m proud to have an ongoing career in the arts, navigating the complex structural and cultural barriers that exist with this decision.
I was raised on Boorloo/Perth by my Filipino and Burmese family and currently live on Garigal Land in Sydney with my partner and our young children. Away from the stage and studio I really, really, enjoy knitting.
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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 -
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Performance Space - Access Coordinator, Liveworks
Force Majeure - Company Administrator and Tour Manager
Force Majeure - Director’s Assistant, Masters of Modern Sound, Sydney Festival -
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, Lead Artist
KAGE - Rehearsal Director/Performer, Caught in the Middle (Sweden, Finland, Norway) -
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 -
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) -
Catalyst Dance Program (2015)
Ausdance NSW - Marketing and Communications Manager -