Fellow’s Profile
Ella Peck
Fellow’s Profile
Ella Peck
The Cuban Contemporary School in Cuba and Funceb Escola de Danca in Brazil
Fellowship
Themes
Focus
Inspiring children to take up traditional dancing by varied teaching styles and approaches to community classes
Countries
Fellowship year
2015
Biography
I am an established professional artist with over 15 years' experience in dance and movement. I am of mixed heritage, born in Kent, and now based between Leeds, where I studied politics, and my home town Bristol. I began my dance career dancing salsa in clubs and training samba in Brazil, where I paraded in Carnaval as a passista in 2006. I began breaking just before I started my conservatoire training at Trinity Laban and London Contemporary Dance School. As a trained dancer, my performance highlights have included Russell Maliphant Company, Lea Anderson (The Chomondeleys), the London Olympics Opening Ceremony and Southpaw Dance Company.
I am the published author of Journal to Joy and I offer a year-long coaching platform for creatives under the Goddxss Path and Maya Gandaia. As Director of award-winning company Business Yoga (Prestige Award 2020), I am passionate about wellbeing. I have worked with older dancers as part of the Dance On project at Yorkshire Dance. My love for rumba and Afro Brazilian has led to me creating and touring the international Roots of Rumba Festival since 2013, hence my Fellowship.
I was Associate Artist, Dance City and Trinity Laban, Slate World Artist (2020), Pervasive Media Resident and Resident Artist Pavilion Dance South West (2021).
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All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.