ELLA TIGHE is a Bradford based independent dance artist.
Her work is bold, intuitive and assertive. It aims to champion undervalued forms of dance, through exposing alternative movement languages and physicalities than that of typical contemporary dance training.
She is a performer, maker, teacher, mentor.
Her practice is eclectic. She began dancing as a disco freestyle dancer before a contemporary dance, improvisation and somatic based practice training. She has a BA in Dance, Making & Performance (Cov Uni, UK) and an MA in Performance Practices (ArtEZ, NL).
Her work has been supported by Kala Sangam, Bradford Producing Hub, Wainsgate Dances, Yorkshire Dance, Mind The Gap & Arts Council England- Developing Your Creative Practice Fund.
Her current work is an autobiographic solo work that will explore her experience as a disco freestyle dancer. Ella is driven and passionate about changing the negative narratives surrounding disco freestyle dancing to expose the talent, dedication and discipline of the working class communities who engage with this dance form.
Ella's previous works have been abstract, collaborative and explorative. They have worked with duration, spoken word, disco freestyle/yoga physicalities, performance art based processes. She’s performed at Yorkshire Dance, OT301 Amsterdam, Rozet Arnhem, Spill Yer Tea Liverpool.
Ella curates BOLD! Bradford Artist Scratch Night.
She is a yoga teacher, teaching across the Bradford district and you can find out more about her practice here.
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