About Us

DARREN ELLIS DANCE (DED) was set up in 2007 to make high quality dance in collaboration with other art forms.

The company have worked with a variety of composers, film makers, visual artists, writers and designers as well as actors and dancers to create dance for a wide spectrum of performance related work that captures Darren's interest in movement, music and visual arts.

Darren's musical background as a trained percussionist as well as a dancer has had an influence on many of his works both thematically and choreographically and the company aims to have a live music element within it's performances.

The company also have a dedicated aim to education ,delivering high quality workshops and creative projects for a wide variety of the community and have great experience in making dance for all ages and abilities.

Darren was an Associate Artist at Danceeast from 2010 - 2014