Eleanor Sikorski (UK)

Eleanor has been making solo choreography since 2011. Her work spans performance, comedy, music, dance and cabaret. Since 2015 she has worked as part of Nora with dancers Flora Wellesley Wesley and Stephanie McMann, inviting choreographers to make new work for them to perform.

Eleanor (b. 1988) grew up in South East London and studied contemporary dance at London Contemporary Dance School (2006-10). She lived in Nottingham 2018-21 and now lives in Leeds. She has worked as a dancer for several choreographers and artists: Seke Chimutengwende, Eva Recacha, Igor and Moreno, Karl Jay-Lewin, Else Tunemyr, Dog Kennel Hill Project, William Hunt, Jenny Moore, Alex Reubens, Alexandre Achour, Gillie Kleiman/Sara Lindström, Tino Sehgal, Joan Jonas,
and Fernanda Muñoz Newsome. As a filmmaker she has worked with artists Es Morgan, Sue MacLaine, Greg Wohead, Seke Chimutengwende, Feet Off the Ground and Nora. She was commissioned to make a film with 3rd year students at Northern School of Contemporary Dance in April 2020 via Zoom. With her partner, dance artist Lewys Holt, Eleanor co-runs Roadhouse, an improvisation performance night; they host Two Left Feet, a podcast about dance and politics; and they are making a new choreography, Wizard Piece, 2022.