Simon Ellis is a New Zealand born independent artist whose practice has included site-specific investigations, dance on screen, writing, digital outcomes, black box works, and installation.
Simon has a practice-led PhD, investigating improvisation, remembering, documentation and liveness, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Dance (practice-based) at the University of Roehampton.
His work Gertrud was a finalist in The Place Prize 2008, and his screen project, Anamnesis (2009) was awarded School Jury Prize for Best Film at the InShadow Festival in Lisbon. Simon is currently collaborating with Colin Poole on a new project (tentatively titled Simon, Colin & I), and will participate in Deborah Hay's Solo Performance Commissioning Project at Findhorn in August 2011.
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