Interdisciplinary explorations on the performance of motion
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Ellen Godena
- 35, Female
- Boston, MA
- United States
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Elevator Dance 2
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Bridge Dance
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Movement Artist -- robotics and machine kinetics
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Hey, this is the robot I performed with in Boston in November 2008. 'wiresounds' is my musician-collaborator! We put this robot together and made a horse-like creature.
great! kinesthetically moving. what if the video had been turned on its side? just a thought...
Check out the Anywhereperformanceproject, a bi-coastal movement conversation between artists Ellen Godena (oceanbody) and Deborah Butler (kitsune). The project seeks to create a dialogue between the two artists as they activate public/private/open/h…
Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 10:16pm on February 25, 2009,
Brittany said…
- hey Ellen,
how's your project working out?
i'll be in boston again in the teens of March--hope to connect with you again:-)
- At 12:34pm on October 29, 2008,
Liz said… - I will! Thanks for the invite!
- At 6:10pm on March 4, 2008,
marlon barrios solano/producer said… - Hello Ellen, welcome!
marlon
Profile Information
- FULL NAME
- Ellen Jennifer Godena
- Do you want this account to represent:
- individual human (me), organization of humans (us) many of you
- If you are an organization, what kind of organization?
- Company, Presenter, Producer
- Website:
- http://www.oceanbody.com
- About Me (human/individual)/interests, work..:
- Biography
Ellen Godena is a choreographer and movement-artist based in Boston, Massachusetts and New York City. She is a creator of performance-based installations and isolated movement studies that explore a range of states and conditions in nature. Ellen views her choreography as a distillation process; she works to inhabit the essence of non-human and machine entities and their interactions through a process of stripping away habitual and stylized structures. Her work is informed by research and training in indigenous dance forms, particularly Japanese butoh, and formal education in the visual arts and behavioral sciences. Deborah Butler, curator of the Boston Butoh Series said of her 2007 work, Phloem, “Ellen transformed herself into particles of nature, animal forms and reflections of the human psyche…her presence was startling and very moving and beyond human.” Ellen has presented both solo and group projects in living rooms, bathtubs, outdoor urban and rural settings, and on stages throughout New England and New York City since 1999.
Recently, Ellen has been working with robotic devices and entities. Through a recent artist residency at The League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots, she and musician collaborator Max Lord worked with LEMUR’s collection of over 50 musical robots to create an original music-movement composition. This culminated in a February 2008 performance at LEMUR’s Brooklyn, NY exhibition space. Since then, Ellen has continued to explore the odd schism between animal and machine movement.
Other projects include Zeroplan, a performance series that explores improvised collaborations between seasoned experimental musicians and dancers, which she and Lord have co-curated since February 2007. The series has steadily grown into an innovative new performance phenomenon in Boston and New York City, and was recently featured in the Boston Phoenix.
Background and Training
Ellen began her butoh training in 2000 under Jennifer Hicks. From 2003 - 2006 she was a member of the Boston-based Kitsune Dance Theater, under the artistic direction of Deborah Butler, an artist well known for her majestic outdoor butoh installations and theater pieces. During this time, Ellen performed regularly as an ensemble dancer and solo artist in experimental performance settings throughout New England such as Mobius, AS220, the Berwick Research Institute, The Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island College, the Somerville ArtBeat Festival, the Dance Complex, Green Street Studios, The Cloud Club and The Carriage House Theater. In 2002, she performed in Master Butoh Artist Katsura Kan’s troupe the Saltimbangues in his critically acclaimed international work, Curious Fish.
From 2006-2008, Ellen was based in New York City where she trained and performed with the Vangeline Theater, a post-modern butoh group, performing at venues including the Joyce Soho, New Museum, Theater for the New City, and the Jonathan Shorr gallery. Under the direction of Vangeline, Ellen trained in butoh ritual mexicano, noguchi gymnastics, and post modern butoh techniques. Ellen has continued her movement training with international artists Hiroko Tamano (San Francisco), Su-En (Sweden), and Diego Pinon (Mexico). Educational influences in her work include a background in the visual arts (Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, 1997), and developmental psychology and linguistics (Harvard University, Ed.M., 2005).
- Website:
- http://www.oceanbody.com
- Where are you based?(city and Country)
- Boston and New York City
- Languages that you would use in this network besides English:
- Sign Language
- Areas of interest on performance and new media
- Robotics and movement (primary), Butoh, Intermedia performance, Installation with technology, Noise and Experimental electronic music
- How did you learn about dance-tech.net?
- I was interviewed as a Resident artist at the League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots
- Environments and applications that you use the most for your projects
- Isadora, camera work, dance forms, robotic devices
- Additional site
- www.anywhereperformanceproject.ning.com
Ellen Godena's Photos
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the AnywherePerformanceProject
Check out the Anywhereperformanceproject, a bi-coastal movement conversation between artists Ellen Godena (oceanbody) and Deborah Butler (kitsune). The project seeks to create a dialogue between the two artists as they activate public/private/open/hidden spaces in their respective communities of Berkely, California and Boston, Massachusetts through spontaneous movement studies. Short videos and blog posts tracking their endeavors can be found at:
http://www.anywhereperformanceproject.ning.com
http://www.anywhereperformanceproject.ning.com
Posted on April 6, 2009 at 1:32pm —
Galvanic Skin Response Sensors - Movement Work
I am collaborating on a project using galvanic skin response sensors in movement performance for the Boston Cyberarts Festival this Spring 2009. I and 2 other dancers I am working with will be wearing the sensors in performance (currently testing out finger versus toe attachments). These will be wired through an analog synthesizer (foregoing digital mediation this round). We will be creating moody low-tones in conjunction with other sounds played by a collaborating musician. Our goal is to creat… Continue
Posted on January 5, 2009 at 1:15pm —
Boston Phoenix Article on Zeroplan Performance Series
This press piece can be viewed on the Boston Phoenix Web site at:
http://thephoenix.com/boston/Music/62959-Without-a-script/
Without a script
Zeroplan keeps moving
By SUSANNA BOLLE | June 10, 2008
Founded in February 2007 by New York dancer and choreographer ELLEN GODENA and Boston musician MAX LORD, Zeroplan is a performance series that combines improvised experimental music with avant-garde movement and dance. Performances in Boston (there are related New York shows) are informal and… Continue
http://thephoenix.com/boston/Music/62959-Without-a-script/
Without a script
Zeroplan keeps moving
By SUSANNA BOLLE | June 10, 2008
Founded in February 2007 by New York dancer and choreographer ELLEN GODENA and Boston musician MAX LORD, Zeroplan is a performance series that combines improvised experimental music with avant-garde movement and dance. Performances in Boston (there are related New York shows) are informal and… Continue
Posted on October 29, 2008 at 1:03pm —
Robot-Human Movement Video Sketches.
Please watch these via this link to my music collaborator's page on Vimeo:
http://www.vimeo.com/2076407
Feel free to post comments there (if you have an account) or to me directly. These 'sketches' are for a show with the twitchie robot in Cambridge MA on November 14/15, 2008. Max Lord is playing the Buchla Marimba Lumina, a mid-marimba, with a buchla synthesizer
http://www.vimeo.com/2076407
Feel free to post comments there (if you have an account) or to me directly. These 'sketches' are for a show with the twitchie robot in Cambridge MA on November 14/15, 2008. Max Lord is playing the Buchla Marimba Lumina, a mid-marimba, with a buchla synthesizer
Posted on October 28, 2008 at 11:47am —
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