Recent Work Samples
Tilted Terrains (2025)
Created for the 2025 Art School Confidential 11 at Masary Studios in Boston, MA
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Belay On (2024)
Created for Roger Williams University Dance Theatre Department.
photos by nik lee (2024)
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photos by nik lee (2024)
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Route Movements (2024)
Choreographer and Performer: Ellen Oliver
Media Designers: Emily Berkheimer and Ellen Oliver
Set Design: Ellen Oliver
Sound Designer: Ramin Roshandel Lighting Designer: Victor Maldonado Digital Media Specialist: Emily Berkheimer
Poetry: Lénaïg Cariou (2019), translated from French by Virgil Blanc, text performed and recorded by Alexandria Pierre-Etienne
MoCap Costume Specialist: Kaelen Novak
Fabrications Specialist: Juliana Waechter
Stage Manager: Mariana Tejeda
Media Designers: Emily Berkheimer and Ellen Oliver
Set Design: Ellen Oliver
Sound Designer: Ramin Roshandel Lighting Designer: Victor Maldonado Digital Media Specialist: Emily Berkheimer
Poetry: Lénaïg Cariou (2019), translated from French by Virgil Blanc, text performed and recorded by Alexandria Pierre-Etienne
MoCap Costume Specialist: Kaelen Novak
Fabrications Specialist: Juliana Waechter
Stage Manager: Mariana Tejeda
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Fret Hold (2024)
Collaboration with David Hurlin for Open Air Media Festival.
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Rock Climbing Wall Performance (2022)
Choreographed by Ellen Oliver in collaboration with David Hurlin, Raud Kashef, Ramin Roshandel
Performed by David Hurlin, Raud Kashef, Ellen Oliver, Ramin Roshandel, Oliver Crocker, Ben Poss, and Libo Xiao.
The University of Iowa Rock Wall, Iowa City, Iowa
Performed by David Hurlin, Raud Kashef, Ellen Oliver, Ramin Roshandel, Oliver Crocker, Ben Poss, and Libo Xiao.
The University of Iowa Rock Wall, Iowa City, Iowa
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Corporeal Climbs (2022)
Sculpture gallery installation by Ellen Oliver with interactive projections
Visual Arts Building, The University of Iowa
Visual Arts Building, The University of Iowa
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Climbing Rope Performance (2021)
Ellen Oliver final project for "Topics in Intermedia: Performing Lines" University of Iowa course taught by Tony Orrico
Participants: Gracie Baer, Jordan Ismaiel, L.D. Kidd, Zoe Miller, Ellen Oliver, Tony Orrico, Brooklyn Staab, Edwin Stajkovic
Visual Arts Building, The University of Iowa
Participants: Gracie Baer, Jordan Ismaiel, L.D. Kidd, Zoe Miller, Ellen Oliver, Tony Orrico, Brooklyn Staab, Edwin Stajkovic
Visual Arts Building, The University of Iowa
Photo by Tony Orrico
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Photo by Tony Orrico
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Alighting Summits (2021)
Video and Direction: Ellen Oliver
Choreography: Ellen Oliver in collaboration with the performers (Hannah Bennett, Rachell Gamache, Lindsay Gibbons, Serenity Gorecki, Analisa Palla, Sylvan Williams, Samantha Witham)
Music: Claude Debussy: Children's Corner, L 113 - The Little Shepherd by Ronan O’Hora
Poetry: by Lénaïg Cariou (2019), translated from French by Virgil Blanc, text performed and recorded by Alexandria Pierre-Etienne
Set design: Richard Oulette ‘12
Costume Design: Emily Woods Hogue
Lighting Design: Stephen Petrilli
Technical Direction: Craig Lindsay
Technician for Lights, Sound, Video: Alex Trombly
Alighting Summits explores the history of forest fires and ecological succession on Mount Monadnock, NH. The work includes a film projection on hanging sculptures alongside dancers shaping aluminum foil through movement and sound. Alighting Summit invites us to consider how the Monadnock landscape holds memories of its visitors. This work is a collaboration with Keene State College dance students.
[Re]member: An Evening of Dance, Keene State College
Choreography: Ellen Oliver in collaboration with the performers (Hannah Bennett, Rachell Gamache, Lindsay Gibbons, Serenity Gorecki, Analisa Palla, Sylvan Williams, Samantha Witham)
Music: Claude Debussy: Children's Corner, L 113 - The Little Shepherd by Ronan O’Hora
Poetry: by Lénaïg Cariou (2019), translated from French by Virgil Blanc, text performed and recorded by Alexandria Pierre-Etienne
Set design: Richard Oulette ‘12
Costume Design: Emily Woods Hogue
Lighting Design: Stephen Petrilli
Technical Direction: Craig Lindsay
Technician for Lights, Sound, Video: Alex Trombly
Alighting Summits explores the history of forest fires and ecological succession on Mount Monadnock, NH. The work includes a film projection on hanging sculptures alongside dancers shaping aluminum foil through movement and sound. Alighting Summit invites us to consider how the Monadnock landscape holds memories of its visitors. This work is a collaboration with Keene State College dance students.
[Re]member: An Evening of Dance, Keene State College
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