CREDITS:

2015

Sketch- Yorkshire Dance Centre

British Council- Emerging Artists Grant-Edinburgh Festival

The Bench Fellow

Juncture- Charlotte Vincent- Yorkshire Dance

Step Into Dance- Teachers Project with James Wilton Company

AQ Arts- Penny- The Blue Elephant Theatre, London

Dance Leader-This Girl Can-Leeds

Guarini Dance Company- Patua- The Place Theatre, London

Ella Mesma Company- Orixas- London, Bristol, Leeds

TOB- Brazilian Shows Dubai

2014

Southpaw Dance Company- R&D- Carousel

Warsan Shire- Southbank Centre- London

Element Arts Company- Ella Mesma- Commission for Billingham Arts Festival

Bo Saris- Music Video Digital Animation

Divya Kasturi- London

Southpaw Dance Company- Newcastle and UK Tour- Riots/Men On a Mission

2013

Southpaw Dance Company- Dance City- Newcastle

Divya Kasturi- (R&D)- London

Rescen-Arts Cross- The Place- (Choreographer Xhao Liang- Beijing)

Royal Opera House- Dancelines

Adidas Shoot (Featured bgirl)- Elle Viral feature- (All in for my Girls)

Ecdysis- (Solo) working with Choreographer Anthony Egea (Cie Revolution)

Russell Maliphant- Final UK & International Tour- The Rodin Project with Sadler’s Wells

2012​​

Olympic Opening Ceremony- (Professional Cast) (Sunanda Biswas/Temujin Gil)

Russell Maliphant (UK & International tour)- The Rodin Project with Sadler’s Wells

2011

Jasmin Vardimon/Jonzi D​(R & D) Sadler’s Wells

Upswing Circus- Apprentice Aerialist​​

Arts Council Funded Project- Ella Mesma- Evol with Mickael Riviere (Company Decalage)/Jonzi D (performed at Breakin Convention/Richmix/Yorkshire Dance/Cloud Dance)

Irene Miguel​DVD-​Larissa, Greece

Russell Maliphant- (R&D) The Rodin Project​

2010​

Bricolage Dance Movement

Element Dance Company​ (Director/Choreographer)​- UK and International

Including: Denmark/Malaga-Spain/New Jersey/Boston-USA/Sweden/Cyprus

Uchenna dance Company

2009

Amp 14 Dance Company- HipHop Romeo & Juliet​(Playing Juliet)- Touring Turkey

ROTC​-​ NME Awards

2008​

Element Dance Company​ (Director/Choreographer)​- UK and International (Serbia/ India​)

Nescafe Advert​

2005-2007​

Element Dance Company​ (Director/Choreographer)​- UK and International (Wembley Stadium/ Denmark/ India)

Street Soul and Movement​​- Outokumpu, Finland

Achievements

*Winston Churchill Memorial Trust award winner 2015 Cuba August 2015

*Martha Graham Summer School 2014- New York City

*ABLE- 2013- Leadership Training Scheme- Hakeem Onibudo, Arts Council

*Qualified Yoga Instructor 2011-2013 Embodied Dancer- Specialising in Yoga for dancers. (Gill Clarke Scholarship) Also now a mentor for the current Intake

*Dance Leader ‘Journey of the Orixas’ Manchester

*Solo work reviews- Evol ‘Evol’ (Breakin’ Convention, Sadler’s Wells) “unabashedly emotional” Sanjoy Roy – The Guardian ‘Evol’ (Breakin’ Convention Sadler’s Wells) “The superb Ella Mesma” Donald Hutera – The Times ‘Evol’ (GoLive at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre) “Most impressive was Ella Mesma’s self performed solo Evol” Laura Dodge – Londondance.com

Ecdysis ‘Ecdysis’ (Wildcard Sadler’s Wells) “Her breaking really pushes the form beyond battles and bravado” William Drew- Exeunt Magazine ‘Ecdysis’ (Wildcard Sadlers Wells) “A compelling watch” Theatre fullstop

*Lisa Ullman Scholarship​ Awardee (R & D)​​ 2009- New York, USA- Training with Full Circle/Rokafella/Eddie Torres/Franky Martinez​

*Third place Coburg ‘Rainha da Bateria’ Competition 2008 (European samba Festival)

*1st place for London School of Samba’s Rainha Da Bateria 2008

*Choreography for Element dance won first place in European Salsa Championships 2007

*Passista 2006, Carnival- Rio de Janeiro (highly coveted role in Carnival)

Teaching

Workshops and residencies for organisations including;

Step into Dance | Birmingham Royal Ballet | The Yorkshire Dance Centre | The DanceXchange | The London School of Samba | The Place | Sadler’s Wells | Big dance | Dare2Dance | Southbank

Training/Qualifications

2009-2010 ​LCDS-Postgraduate- ADS

2007-2009 Laban- Dance Diploma

2006​ Merville Jones Dance Company- Apprentice-Leeds

2004-2005​ NDTA- Leeds