About

Eleanor is a dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and comics artist. As a dancer Eleanor regularly practices improvisation and often performs improvised solos. She also loves to perform in other people’s work. Her choreographic work explores moving bodies in relation to objects, language and sound. Her film work involves collaborating with artists to support their projects in different ways: devising, filming, editing, documenting the process or contributing to the research. Her comics explore fiction, fantasy and autobiography.

Bio

Eleanor (b. 1988) grew up in South East London and studied contemporary dance at London Contemporary Dance School (2006-10). She lived in Nottingham 2018-21 and now lives in Leeds.
After graduating she participated in several collective dance and performance projects: Trumpet Creepers Improvisation Ensemble, Hiru Dance Organisation and BELLYFLOP Magazine.
Since 2010 she has worked as a dancer for several choreographers and artists: Seke Chimutengwende, Eva Recacha, Igor and Moreno, Karl Jay-Lewin, Else Tunemyr, Dog Kennel Hill Project, William Hunt, Jenny Moore, Alex Reubens, Alexandre Achour, Gillie Kleiman/Sara Lindström, Tino Sehgal, Joan Jonas and Fernanda Muñoz Newsome.
Between 2011 and 2017 he made and toured several unfunded solo choreographies, creating comedic work which spanned performance art, music, dance and cabaret.
Since 2015 she has worked as part of Nora with dancers Stephanie McMann and Flora Wellesley Wesley: three dancers inviting choreographers to make work for and with them. They received funding to make and tour original work by Eleanor Bauer, Deborah Hay, Jonathan Burrows & Matteo Fargion, Liz Aggiss and Simon Tanguy.
Between 2018 and 2021 Eleanor was associate artist with Dancing Museums II.
Since 2020 she has been commissioned to make group work for students from Northern School of Contemporary Dance (Leeds) and Dance City (Newcastle).
As a filmmaker she has worked with artists Frances Morgan, Sue MacLaine, Greg Wohead, Seke Chimutengwende, Feet Off the Ground and Nora.
With her partner, dancer Lewys Holt, she co-hosts Roadhouse, a bi-monthly evening of improvised dance in Leeds, cultivating the local improvisation scene with regular performances and open practice sessions. They also tour nationwide, combining dance and comedy to make unique, improvised performances.
She is rehearsal director for dance company perfectly serviceable and works as a lecturer in dance at Northern School of Contemporary Dance