Jasmine Ellis is a Canadian choreographer and film director based in Munich. A graduate of the Etobicoke School of the Arts, the School of Toronto Dance Theatre and the Codarts Rotterdam Conservatory, she has been a professional performer and choreographer since 2006. Ellis does commissioned work at a national and international level, and her free productions regularly receive funding. Her artistic approach is founded on a multidisciplinary combination of movement, body language, text and music, weaving together humour, vulnerability and familiarity to create unexpected worlds. Ellis is a prizewinning film director and artistic director at the Bad Posture Productions film company. As an active member of Munich’s freelance dance scene, she runs the Bad Lemons Project, which aims to foster a vibrant, collaborative community of dancers in Munich through professional training, exchange, and research projects.
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