Ella's Choreography
ARTIST STATEMENT
“I am inspired by the world around me. Every moment, sound, and interaction could be a source of material for a dance.”
I make dances to get people thinking, feeling and sensing in hopes for a better understanding of the world we live in. My dances reflect my own worldview, primarily concentrated on the subjects of aesthetics and vulnerability. The end product is often dissonant, and I’ve found that this provokes thought in my audiences. I am successful when viewers are magnetized by the performance and leave contemplative, motivated and stimulated.
Because I believe that every dance should be a smaller and harmonious version of something much larger, the creative process varies for each piece. In the beginning stages of my process I investigate my ideas through improvisation and conceptual structures. I generate movement material and get new ideas along the way. From that abundance of material, I cut about 90% and am left with a more stripped-down and succinct version of my concept, the fundamental backbone. Crafting, transformation and manipulation of the remaining 10% creates a product reflective of the true nature of the particular ideas and feelings I wish to channel.
-Ella Rosewood
DANCES
the girl on wheels (2020) - SOLO
Inspired by RIDING MY BIKE IN NYC. THIS IS A RESPONSE PIECE TO Katherine Litz’s 1951 solo “the gylph” which I perform.
LA DANSEUSE (2019) - SOLO
inspired by my late grandpa thompson and his love for folk music and steam ENGINES.
ms. (2016) - solo
inspired by my first year as a public school dance teacher in brooklyn, NY.
just be yourselves (2015) - short film
Inspired by the quarky ways that we present ourselves.
billing (2014) - solo
Inspired by the pressure to change oneself to get cast.
there are no rights to this (2012) - solo
INSPIRED by cat calls.
standard (2011) - septet
Inspired by BEING A SCHOOL CHILD..
unaccompanied lark (2011) - solo
Inspired by flamingos.
shadows of incandescence (2010) - solo
Inspired by the LURE of a ghost light.
panopticon (2010) - solo
Inspired by the prison system.
enlighten (2010) - trio/quartet
Inspired by THE lightbulb.
paired pod (2009) - duet
INSPIRED BY PEAS.
for m (2009) - solo
INSPIRED BY THE LATE MERCE CUNNINGHAM.
political piece (2009) - quintet
INSPIRED BY THE NEWS.
