ELLEN BAILEY
Services
Ellen comes with over 15 years of performance knowledge, skill and experience that has been acquired throughout her professional career and expertly tailored to establish her own creative practice.
She is passionate about connecting her artistry to the ongoing evolution of arts education in Australia, providing both students and teachers alike with new skills and ways of working.
By fostering the production of high calibre, multi-disciplinary work across various professional and educational platforms, Ellen seeks to widen the opportunity for Australian artists to connect with international training methods and contribute to a progressive and expansive arts and cultural landscape.
She delivers high quality and bespoke workshops, sophisticated and considered movement expertise, and brings rigour and the breadth of her performance artistry to every creative development engagement.
Workshops
Ellen offers workshops across a wide range of performance-based skills including Physical Theatre/Movement, Devising, Ensemble Building, Contemporary Theatre, Realism, Shakespeare, Character Development and Lecoq Performance Techniques.
Ellen is available to facilitate both professional and student workshops (in-school & extra-curricular), individual mentoring, and teacher Professional Development. Services are available to performers/participants of all levels of experience.
(Image: Professional Development workshop for Teaching Artist Program participants - Queensland Theatre, 2022)
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Movement Direction
Ellen specialises in bridging the performance gap between acting and dance.
With extensive training and professional experience in both these artistic expressions, she is able to coordinate movement with an astute eye for detail, execution, theatrical relevance and purpose.
Ellen provides movement consultation and direction for productions of any size, as well as for individuals wanting to hone their physical theatricality and explore a greater understanding/awareness of a physical craft.
(Image: Movement coordination for 'Petruchio's Ship' in "Taming of the Shrew" - Queensland Theatre, 2021)
Creative Development
Ellen offers services in script and physical theatre/movement development for works in all stages of realisation.
Whether you require an actor for the development of a new script, a body in a space to devise an innovative movement score/palette, or just want to explore the basis of an idea through improvisation and collaboration, Ellen’s specific skill set means she can provide a playwright or devisor with the possibility of hearing/seeing their ideas come to fruition.
(Image: Creative Development for "We Are The Mutable"
- Queensland Theatre, 2020)
"At Queensland Theatre, we deeply value Teaching Artists who are immersed in the industry creating with ambition and care. Ellen’s capacity to be able to walk into any space with young artists and make them feel empowered, safe and free to explore their potential places her among the leaders in our field."
Lee Lewis
(Artistic Director - Queensland Theatre)
"The opportunity to work with Ellen both as an actor and Movement Director on Taming of the Shrew at QT was an exceptional experience. Her work as a director, both in terms of vision and her spontaneous response to work on the floor is superb, she is a natural collaborator, highly intelligent and most importantly an effortlessly good communicator. She understands the actors' process and can speak their language, is able to engage with complex ideas in entirely practical and performative ways and is extremely intuitive dramaturgically, making her a tremendous asset to any production or directorial process."
Damien Ryan
(Artistic Director. - Sport For Jove)
"The breadth of her experience working across performance forms, as well as an embodied understanding of the process of making new theatre work, makes Ellen an invaluable collaborator in a creative development space. She is driven and adaptable, and pairs deep thought with boundless energy in everything she does."
David Morton
(Creative Director - Dead Puppet Society)
"Ellen designs workshop experiences that are finely nuanced, creative and industry-leading. She has an exceptional ability to explain and demonstrate her craft and elevates and transforms the artistry of those who participate in her workshops."
Emma Funnell
(Director of Education, Youth and Regional Engagement - Queensland Theatre)
"Ellen brings a refreshing authenticity and compassion to her teaching artistry that endears her to the students immediately, allowing the impact of her work to be that much more significant. She is incredibly knowledgable and navigates the content of her workshops with skill, nuance, and confidence. I would highly recommend Ellen as a teaching artist and acting coach."
Annette Box
(Head of Faculty - Arts & Design -
St. Margaret's)
“Ellen inspired my year 10 students immensely and the incredible knowledge and skills she shared in her workshop was invaluable for my own professional development. She is an expert in her job...astute, fiercely intelligent and can read people accurately and responds with genuine empathy. This makes her one of the best actor/educators we've ever had the pleasure of hosting at our school.”
Sonia Kapadia
(Drama Teacher - Mossman State High School)
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