Ellen Crofton

Ellen Crofton is an experimental multidisciplinary artist and dance choreographer. Ellen works with practice-based and experiential research methodologies and integrates alternative processes into their choreography: interactive or experimental sound (such as contact mics), experimental film techniques (abstracting digital film or using alternative processes with 8mm film), and performed or written text.

Through experimenting with performance throughout the MLitt Fine Art Practice course at The Glasgow School of Art (2022-2023) and through the study of English Literature at undergraduate level (with a focus on Renaissance Theatre), writing plays, and working with a theatre company, Ellen’s practice relies on various mediums and their intersections. Prevalent in all their work is a keen interest in the transitional state of performance, audiences, and the stage, as well as liminal, radical or collective spaces.

Ellen's current research centres on chaotic patterns (where motions are both deterministic and unpredictable). They are interested in the intersection of chaos and historical social dances; how we find patterns through social choreographies. In their research, Ellen suggests that understanding disorder in terms of pattern and rhythm encourages collective resistance against regimes that weaponise chaos.