Meet the Pelicans
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Ellie Trow
Ellie grew up in Cheshire before studying in London, and is now based in the North East. She started her dancing career at Louise Carter’s School of Dance in Congleton where she found her love of performing, before joining Homegrown Youth Dance Company and discovering contemporary dance. Alongside this, she was part of The Lowry’s CAT scheme in Manchester, and all of this lead to her passion for access to contemporary dance in youth settings.
Ellie enjoys working with a range of art forms - including dance, theatre, photography and textiles. Some of the performance experiences that have most influenced her include ‘The Seagull(s)’ by Lost Dog, ‘Midwinter Magic’ by Motionhouse Dance Theatre, ‘Sacred Myths’ by Tanusree Shankar and Protima Chatterjee and ‘Busby’ by Roisin Whelan.
Ellie is passionate about working with children and young people, is keen to assist those interested in dance to find their own passion and always strives to keep mental wellbeing at the heart of her practice.
Ellie enjoys meetings new people, being in the countryside and spending time with dogs!
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Pagan Hunt
Pagan Hunt is a dance artist raised in Telford, Shropshire, now based in the North East. She trained in ballet, tap and modern at Carmichaels School of Dance before starting her contemporary training at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. She completed her training on the MA company at Dance City, led by David Lloyd.
Pagan has performed nationally and internationally with Desi Nach Event Entertainment since 2014, and recently joined the show Spark! with Worldbeaters Music as an LED drummer. She has collaborated with makers on R&D and performances projects, including Northern Dance, EQ Dance Company, Fertile Ground, Jamaal Burkmar, Roisin Whelan, Lucie Labadie and Douglas Thorpe/Mad Dogs Dance Theatre.
Pagan hopes to be involved in projects that drive positive change in the world, and is passionate about connecting communities through dance. She loves her plants and reading on the beach.
We first met during our training at Trinity Laban, before living and training together on the 2019/20 MA at Dance City Newcastle. During this time we worked on projects with Lost Dog, Gecko Theatre, and David Lloyd, as well as a variety of guest artists workshops and ballet training with Angela Reay.
We realised we have a complementary approach to creating, working well together and balancing one another’s skills. We have similar goals in both art and life, and as good friends we want to continue to collaborate, and contribute to the vibrant North East arts community together.