Vocal Opera Drama Studies

Ella Clarke

Lecturer

Ella Clarke is a classically trained dancer, choreographer, lecturer, and academic researcher working in the fields of Contemporary Dance, and Movement direction and training for actors. She is a graduate of the Perm State Choreographic Institute, Russia, and has performed and choreographed internationally in classical, contemporary and post-modernist genres for theatre, opera, film and dance.

Having completed an MA in Ethnochoreology at University of Limerick in 2019, she is studying for a doctoral degree at the Drama Department, Trinity College Dublin (2021-2025) as a Research Ireland scholarship recipient, with research revolving around the role of choreographers and movement directors working in text-based productions at the Abbey Theatre since 1924.

Ella’s choreographies include Irish Times Irish Theatre Award winning productions for Loose Canon Theatre Company and The Gate Theatre, with further work for The Abbey Theatre, Peacock Theatre, Siren Productions, Myriad Dance Company, Wexford Festival Opera, Project Arts Centre, Little Wolf Productions, Ella Clarke Choreography and Barnstorm Theatre Company, for work with whom she was nominated for Best Movement Direction at the Irish Times Irish Theatre Awards 2020/21.

Her work as a performer includes productions for CoisCéim Dance Theatre, Ciotóg Dance Company, Dance Theatre of Ireland, 2nd Nature (AUS), Scottish Dance Theatre (UK), Liz Roche Dance Co, Siren Productions, New Balance Dance Company, The Abbey Theatre, Justine Doswell and Genesis Collective.

She has been a member of faculty at Technological University Dublin Conservatoire (Drama) since 2001.