Foreign Bodies sharing at Trinity, Bristol
“Ella has situated this work at a fertile intersection of styles and approaches to dance that add up to more than the sum of their parts. The vocabulary shifts and unfolds throughout.” Dan Canham “Artistically, scientifically and culturally significant… promises to be a powerful and dramatic work of richly layered relevancies.” Katy Noakes, OneDance UK
Ladylike: The aftermath… An interview with OFFBEAT Festival
Hi there, why don’t you introduce yourself? My name is Ella Mesma. I am a UK choreographer and I am a woman! I always knew I wanted to be a choreographer, but it was a long time before I had the courage to admit that that was what I would love to do with my life: […]
Dancing Times Review: Papyllon
July 2017 issue “At times audacious, at times defiant, what shone through was the very personal nature of the feelings embodied” David Mead
Butterfly in the Big Apple
2016 in New York with the Lisa Ullman Scholarship, and connecting my learning to Cuba and Brazil. I have always loved the Maya Angelou quote ‘ We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty’ This past 9 months has been a most […]
Guerreras review- The wonderful World of Dance
Ella Mesma’s Guerreras is an enduring testament to the trials women bear