Jools Gilson-Ellis CV - PDF document - half/angel

Education
JOOLS GILSON-ELLIS
Artistic Director, half/angel
Company in Residence @ Triskel Arts Centre, Tobin Street, Cork
(021) 4272022 / (086) 3946046 / jools@halfangel.ie / www.halfangel.ie
PhD Theatre & Performance Studies (2000) University of Surrey, UK
MA Theatre (1989) University of Colorado at Boulder, US
BA (Hons.) English & Theatre Studies (1987) Lancaster University, UK
Employment
1995 - Artistic Director half/angel Performance Production Company, UK & Ireland
1996 - Lecturer in English (Drama) University College Cork, Ireland
1995 -1996 Researcher in Theatre Dartington College of Arts, Devon, UK
1992 - 1995 Lecturer in Theatre Dartington College of Arts, Devon, UK
1990 - 1992 Special Lecturer in Drama Department of Drama, University of Hull, UK
Choreography / Performance / Installation
The Knitting Map (installation)
2006 Millenium Hall, Cork City Hall, Midsummer Festival
2005 St. Luke’s Church, Summerhill, Cork. European Capital of Culture: Cork 2005
The Knitting Map dance theatre performances during 2004:
Jan Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork
Feb Offices of Cork 2005, Civic Trust House, Pope’s Quay, Cork
Mar Merchant’s Quay Shopping Centre, Patrick’s Street, Cork
Apr Blarney Woollen Mills, Blarney, Co. Cork
May The Vision Centre, North Main Street, Cork
Jun Bus Eireann (4 different bus routes) & in Daunt Square, Cork: Cork Midsummer Festival.
July Fota House & Gardens, Fota Island, Fota, Co. Cork
Aug Sexual Violence Centre, 5, Camden Place, Cork
Sep Motorbike ride out, & performance from Kingsley Hotel to Emmet Place, Cork
Oct Boole Lecture Theatre, University College Cork, Cork
Nov St. Finbarre’s Cathedral, Cork
Dec Cork City Gaol, Sunday’s Well, Cork
The White Quadrangle (choreography)
2005 The Quadrangle, University College Cork. European Capital of Culture: Cork 2005
House (video)
Jan 2005 C2: Contemporary Art from Cork. Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Dec 1997 Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, US
Nov 1996 Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ohio, US
The Lios (installation)
Nov 2004 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Nov 2004 Exeter Phoenix, UK
Mar 2004 Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
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Spinstren (dance theatre)
Oct 2003 Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton, UK
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Bristol, UK
Corn Exchange, Dorchester, UK
Sep 2003 THEatre SPACE @ Henry Place, Dublin Fringe Festival, Ireland
Oct 2002 Institute for Choreography & Dance, Cork, Ireland
July 2002 Marktalle, Hamburg, Germany
Apr 2002 Exeter Phoenix, UK
Mar 2002 The Granary Theatre, Cork, Ireland
Underbreath (installation)
Jun 2002 Customs House Quay, Cork. Daylighting Festival, National Sculpture Factory, Cork, Ireland
The Secret Project (dance theatre)
Feb 2001 The Project, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 2000 Dutch Electronic Arts Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Nov 1999 Institute for Choreography & Dance, Cork, Ireland
Oct 1999 The Eric Harvey Theatre, The Banff Centre, Canada
performance of extracts from The Secret Project:
Sep 1999 Navigating Intelligence, The Banff Centre, Canada
Mar 1999 International Association of Word & Image Studies, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, US
Feb 1999 International Dance and Technology, Arizona State University, US
Oct 1998 Discipline & Deviance: Genders, Technologies, Machines, Duke University, US
Sept 1998 Out of the Box: The Future of Interface, The Banff Centre, Canada
mouthplace (CD-ROM installation)
Oct 2000 Virtual Incarnations, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Aug 2000 Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
June 1999 Darklight Digital Film Festival, Arthouse, Dublin, Ireland
May 1999 MECAD, Media Centre for Art & Design, Barcelona, Spain
Sep/Oct 97 Incomplete Dislocations, Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
April 1997 CADE 1997: Digital Creativity, University of Derby, UK
Mar 1997 Intermedia Festival, Main Gallery, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Other
Jun 2002 Underbreath (installation) Daylighting Commission, National Sculpture Factory, Cork
May 1999 rice ghosts (dance theatre) Intermedia Festival, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
April 1999 lunchtime concert (dance theatre) Irish World Music Centre, Limerick, Ireland
Mar 1999 Quiet Corner (original text for radio) Lyric FM, Limerick, Ireland
Dec 1998 Breath (choreography) Aspidistra Festival, Arthouse, Dublin, Ireland
July 1998 The Knitting Machine (performance with Laura Gannon) Arthouse, Dublin, Ireland
Mar 1998 Hand Fall (choreography) Solo Independents, Firkin Crane, Cork, Ireland
Jan 1996 Difficult Joys (choreographic installation) Dartington Arts Gallery, Devon, UK
April 1995 Difficult Joys (choreographic installation) Border Tensions, Dance & Discourse,
University of Surrey, UK
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PUBLICATIONS
Publications by Jools Gilson-Ellis on the work of half/angel:
2004 ‘halving angels: technology’s poem.’ (with Richard Povall) New Visions in Performance: The Impact of Digital
Technologies. Colin Beardon & Gavin Carver (eds.) (Lisse, NL: Swets & Zeitlinger): 55 – 68
2003 'Mouth Ghosts: The Taste of the Os-Text.' Languages of Theatre Shaped by Women. Lizbeth Goodman & Jane
de Gay (eds.) (Bristol: Intellect): 153 – 175
2001 'Loa & Behold: Voice Ghosts in the New Technoculture.' Digital Creativity: A Reader. Colin Beardon. & L.
Malmborg (eds.) (Lisse, NL: Swets & Zeitlinger. 2002): 229 - 240. Reprinted from Digital Creativity. 2001, 12
(2): 77 – 88
2000 'Girling Troubled Spaces: Choreography, Writing and BigEye.' International Dance & Technology 1999. A.
William Smith (ed.) (Lethbridge AB & Columbus OH: Fullhouse): 26 – 9
1998 'Get Your Feminism off My Floppy: Seedy Roms and Technical Tales.' Acts of Passion: Sexuality, Gender and
Performance. Maya Chowdhry and Nina Rapi (eds.) (New York: Haworth Press): 95 – 109, and in The Journal
of Lesbian Studies. 1998, 2 (2/3): 95 – 109
Other Publications on the work of half/angel:
2006 Digital Performance: A History of New Technologies in Theater, Dance, Performance Art and Installation by Steve
Dixon & Barry Smith. (Cambridge: MIT Press) [Chapter on mouthplace (1997), The Secret Project (1999) &
Spinstren (2002)]
2005 The Knitting Map Speaks by Kieran McCarthy (Dublin: Nonsuch Publishing)
Interview with Jools Gilson-Ellis:
2003 Theodores, Diana. ‘Speaking and Dancing at the Same Time: An Interview with Jools Gilson-Ellis.’ Dancing on
the Edge of Europe: Irish Choreographers in Conversation. Diana Theodores (ed.) (Cork: Institute for
Choreography and Dance. 2003): 138 – 147
Other Publications by Jools Gilson-Ellis:
Journal Articles
2004 ‘Listening Differently: The Croon Collaboration.’ Modern Drama. 47 (4) Winter: 701 - 720
1996 'Say Just What You Mean.' The Drama Review. Spring: 173 - 7
1996 New Women Performance Writers: Rose English and Holly Hughes.' Journal of Gender Studies. 5 (2) July: 201
– 210
1995 'Text and the Dancing Body: Rose English and Laurie Anderson.' Border Tensions: Dance and Discourse. ed.
Poetic Text
Janet Adshead-Lansdale. (Guildford: University of Surrey Press): 125-133
1998 'words here, like the slow building of a wall' (visual poetry) Circa: Irish and International Contemporary Visual
Culture. 85 Autumn: 17 - 21
1997 'cyber book / tongue'. (poetry) Split Screen. (Chichester: Chichester Institute of Higher Education.): 26 – 7
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Dance Reviews
2002 ‘The Rite of Spring: Cois Céim Dance Theatre.’ Irish Theatre Magazine. 3 (11) Spring: 120 -
122
2001 'Uneasy Fictions: Daghdha's 10,000 Steps.' Dance Theatre Journal. 17 (3): 36 -8
2001 ‘sioscarnach psshwssh!’ Dance Europe.
1997 'These Beasts are Out to Lunch.' The Examiner. Sept 20: 14
1997 'Steps in a New Direction.' The Examiner. Mar 8: 14
Book Reviews
1999 'Rachel Rosenthal ed. Moira Roth.' Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory.
Issue 19 – 20: 291 – 4
1998 'New Publications in Performance Studies.' Performance Research. 3 (1) Spring: 97 - 100
1995 'Laurie Anderson. Stories from the Nerve Bible.' Over Here: Reviews in American Studies. Vol 15
summer & winter: 217 – 9
Visual Art Reviews
1998 'Self Address, Catherine Owens.' Circa: Irish and International Contemporary Visual Culture. 85
Autumn: 44
Catalogue Articles
2003 ‘Haunting Theory’, Art Trail Catalogue. (Cork: Art Trail)
Theatre Journalism
1992 'Voices in the Wilderness.' The Guardian. June 3: 17
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Choreographic / Writing Residencies
April 04 Accademia dell’Arte, Villa Godiola, Arezzo, Italy.
Choreographic Residency
Feb/Mar 03 The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Writing residency
Feb 03 Institute for Choreography & Dance, Cork, Ireland
Choreographic residency
July 2000 Sirius Arts Centre, Roches Point Residency, Whitegate, Co. Cork, Ireland
Writing residency
May 2000 International Multimedia Lab 6, Bore Place, Kent. UK
Invited Artist. Initial production research for ‘The Earth Diaries'
Mar/Apr 00 The Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
Writing residency
Nov/Dec 99 The Cill Rialaig Project, Ballinskelligs, Co. Kerry, Ireland
Writing residency
Sep/Oct 99 The Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Choreographic residency: Co-production Media and Visual Arts / Theatre Arts
Apr 99 The Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Choreographic residency: Co-production Media and Visual Arts
Sep 1998 Oberlin College, Ohio, US
Choreographer in Residence
Aug/Sep 98 The Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Choreographic residency: Co-production Media and Visual Arts
Mar/Apr 98 The Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Choreographic residency: Co-production Media and Visual Arts
Oct 1997 Institute for Choreography & Dance, Cork, Ireland
Motion-sensing systems and contemporary choreographic practice
Sep 1996 STEIM Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The use of BigEye and LiSa in contemporary choreographic practice
Jun 1996 STEIM Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The use of BigEye and LiSa in contemporary choreographic practice
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Awards
2003-5 Executive of the European Capital of Culture: Cork 2005 (€495,000)
2003 Arts Council of Ireland, Multi-Disciplinary Artist’s Bursary (€12,000)
2002 Arts Council of Ireland, Multi-Disciplinary Prof. Dev. & Training Award (€3925)
2002 Arts Council of Ireland, Critical Reflection Award (€5000)
2002 Arts Council of Ireland, Projects Scheme (€20,000)
2002 Ésmee Fairbairn Foundation, UK (€16,000)
2001 South West Arts, UK, Research & Development Grant (€15,954)
2001 Arts Council of Ireland, Awards to Choreographers (€1500)
2001 University College Cork, Ireland, Arts Faculty Research Award (€900)
2001 University College Cork, Ireland, Arts Faculty Publishing Award (€1841)
2001 University College Cork, Ireland, Research Travel Award, (€635)
2000 University College Cork, Ireland, Arts Faculty Research Grant (€1651)
2000 Cork County Council, Arts Office; Sirius Arts Centre, Roches Point Residency, Ireland
1999 AT& T, US, Production Grant (€11,428)
1999 Arts Council of England, Dept of Literature, New Audiences Programme (€20,125)
1999 RESCEN (Centre for Research into Creation in the Performing Arts), UK (€12,443)
1999 Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland, Cultural Relations Committee, (€2540)
1999 Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Award, (€317)
1998 Arts Council of Ireland, Interdisciplinary Collaborative Commission (€10,158)
1998 Arts Council of Ireland, Travel Award (€635)
1998 University College Cork, Ireland, Arts Faculty Research Grant, ( €762)
1997 University College Cork, Ireland, Arts Faculty Research Grant, (€1016)
1995 The Arts Council of England, Department of Film, Television & Broadcasting,
Emotional Computing Award (€1676)
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Professional Workshops
July 1999 Choreography and Composition
Ennis International Summer School in Composition, Co. Clare, Ireland
May 1999 Cooking Up The Relationship Between Art and Food
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Mar 1999 Working with BigEye and Choreography
California Institute of the Arts, US.
Feb 1999 Working with Live Sound and Image
International Dance and Technology, Arizona State University, US
Oct 1998 Choreography and New Technologies
Department of Dance, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Ohio, US
July 1998 No Fit State: Multimedia and Performance
Aspidistra Festival, Arthouse, Dublin, Ireland
Mar 1998 Physical and Vocal Work in Theatre
Cork School of Music, Cork, Ireland
Nov 1997 Dance and Physical Theatre
Institute for Choreography & Dance, Cork, Ireland
Oct 1997 Introduction to Dance and Technology
Institute for Choreography & Dance, Cork, Ireland
Mar 1997 Introduction to Installation Practice
Triskel Arts Centre Cork, Ireland
July 1995 'Body Memory' Summer School
Department of Theatre Studies, Lancaster University, UK
Professional Development
Aug 2005 Goat Island Intensive
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Apr 2003 Voice Intensive / Kevin Crawford
Board of Drama & Theatre Studies / Granary Theatre, University College Cork
Feb 2003 Emerging / Re-Emerging: Choreographic Workshop/ Susan Rethorst
Institute for Choreography & Dance, Cork
Jan / Feb 2003 Pantheatre: Paris Annual Professional Workshop
THE VOICE: Research Techniques – Singing, Texts and Choreographic Theatre.
July 2001 Roy Hart Voice Workshops / Kevin Crawford & Linda Wise
International Centre for Voice, The Central School of Speech and Drama, London
May 1999 Ultima Vez, Belgium / International Workshop Festival
Trinity College, Dublin
April 1996 Jean Binta Breeze, Poetry and Performance / Performance Writing Festival,
Dartington College of Arts, UK
April 1996 Contemporary Dance Easter School
The Place, London, UK
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Conferences / Seminar Presentations
Nov 2004 National Sculpture Factory Interdisciplinary Practice & Collaboration
Feb 2004 Triskel Arts Centre, Cork Going Public: Public Practice Seminars for Artists
Oct 2003 Dublin Intern’l Theatre Festival Conditions of Criticism
July 2002 Universität Hamburg International Association of Word & Image Studies
Nov 2001 Bristol University, UK Practice as Research in Performance
June 2001 University College Cork Traditions Conference
Oct 2000 Manchester Metropolitan Univ., UK Intensities: Praxis and the Body
Aug 1999 Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada Curating New Media
Mar 1999 Scripps College, California, US International Association of Word & Image Studies
Feb 1999 Arizona State University, US International Dance and Technology
Oct 1998 Duke University, US Discipline & Deviance: Genders, Technologies, Machines
Sept 1998 Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada Out of the Box: The Future of Interface
April 1998 University College Cork The Space of Literature
Nov 1997 CADC, Cork Arts and the Information Society
April 1997 Georgia Institute of Technology, US Performance Studies Conference
Feb 1997 The Open University, UK Gender, Politics, Performance Seminar
Feb 1997 University College Cork Women's Studies Seminar Series
July 1996 University College Chichester, UK Split Screen
April 1996 Dartington College of Arts, UK Performance Writing Symposium
April 1995 University of Surrey, UK Border Tensions: Dance & Discourse
Dec 1994 University of Hull, UK Literature & the Contemporary
Referees
Sara Diamond,
Artistic Director & Executive Producer, Media & Visual Arts,
The Banff Centre for the Arts, Box 1020, Banff, Alberta, Canada. TOL OCO
t: +1 403 7626100
e: Sara_Diamond@BanffCentre.AB.CA
Dr. Lizbeth Goodman,
Director, The SMARTlab Centre,
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, The London Institute, Southampton Row, London WC1/ UK
t. +44 (7900) 691604
e: l.goodman@csm.linst.ac.uk
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