My name is Ella Posti, I’m a London-based dance artist, performer, and choreographer originally from Finland. I’m both a BA and MA graduate from London Contemporary Dance School and am a founding member of the performer-led R.A.W collective and the artistic support network MOŸ MOŸ collective. After graduating I’ve worked both in the UK and internationally. I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with the likes of Hannes Langolf, Theo Clinkard, Tom English, Jenna Jalonen, Benjamin Johnsson, AE company (AΦE) and Routa Company. As choreographer, my independent and collective works have been presented internationally in theaters and festivals including The Place Theatre (UK), Edinburgh Fringe (UK), Dance House Helsinki (FI), Multiple Dance Festival (NOR), Tampere Film Festival (FIN) and Flat Land Dance Film festival (USA).

As a dancer and performer, I enjoy bringing my imagination and inner world into my movement. I'm fascinated by the stories, experiences, and histories that our bodies carry, and I’m curious to find ways to let them come through my performance. The process of accessing my most private self through movement excites me. I enjoy incorporating theatrical elements and character studies into dance, using voice and words as integral parts of the experience.

Within my choreographic practice I enjoy mixing different kinds of worlds and realities together, whether it’s contemporary dance and infrastructure construction or site specific work and pop-culture. I’m interested in finding ways to expand from the occasionally daunting and excluding nature of contemporary dance. One of my overarching goals and interests as an artist is to make dance more accessible to a wider audience and demystify both the art form and myself as an artist. My dream is to reach out to diverse audiences, including those who might otherwise struggle to get in touch with dance. Mixing contemporary dance with other fields, and therefore engaging with people from circles outside of mine, feels like one way of achieving that. I’m also incorporating film into my artistic practice as a means to connect with audiences beyond traditional theatre spaces, and as a way of bringing contemporary dance closer to people. It is also a way for myself to explore the nuances and intricacies of a performer with even greater detail.