ESTELA MERLOS
MOVEMENT ARTIST
A Riddle
(2020)
Supported by TORCH as part of the Humanities Cultural Programme. In collaboration with the English Faculty as part of the Professor of Poetry lecture series, Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD) and DANSOX. This film was made during lockdown to accompany a postal poetry performance in celebration of the Advent Full Moon, led by Alice Oswald. 500 copies of a poem were posted around the world with instructions not to open it before midnight on the 30th November 2020.
Choreography and performance: Estela Merlos and Thomasin Gulgec
Poem: Alice Oswald
Music: Joseph Kay
Film & Photography: Rocio Chacon
Lighting: Satu Streatfield
Blind Spots
(2019)
Concept and performance by Thomasin Gulgeç and Estela Merlos in collaboration with composer and sound artist Joseph Kay.
Commissioned by Swindon Dance and supported by Arts Council England.
Photography by Rocío Chacón.
Bedum Bedum
(2016)
Ignition Dance Festival 2016
Rose Theatre (Kingston)
Commissioned by Dance West and Ignition Dance Festival
Choreography and performance: Thomasin Gulgec & Estela Merlos
Photography: Gigi Gianella
The Reservoir
(2016)
Wilton's Strike Festival 2016
Commissioned by Wilton's Music Hall
Choreography and Performance: Thomasin Gulgec & Estela Merlos
Music: Oliver Coates
UKOK
(2015)
British Spanish Society Gala 2015
The Place Theatre (London)
Commissioned by BSS , Graham Watts and Fabiana Jarmillo
Choreography and Performance: Estela Merlos
Music: Mecánica Popular
Photography: Pau Ros
Act Of Love - Sagami
(2015)
Commercial advertisement for Japanese company Sagami.
Choreography: Russell Maliphant
London Southbank 2015
Golden Age - Ai Wei Wei
(2015)
Collaboration between designer Martino Gamper, la Renascent department store in Milan and the Serpentine Galleries.
Pasted is a preview exhibition devised by design curator Libby Sellers to celebrate the forthcoming launch of the Serpentine Galleries Wallpaper Collection by artists, architects and designers in May 2015.
Choreography: Malgorzata Dzierzon
Performers: Thomasin Gulgec and Estela Merlos
My Dust Will Tell
(2015)
Resolution! 2014
The Place Theatre (London)
Choreography: Estela Merlos
Performance: Piedad Albarracin Seiquer and Estela Merlos
Music: R. Enrique Gónzalez
Costume: Paula Tafalla
Photography: Pierre Tappon
Balikbayan
(2013)
Cloud Dance Festival - November 2013
Choreography by Avatara Ayuso
Performance: Estela Merlos
Music: Avatara Ayuso (in collaboration with Lorna Parreño)
Costume: Marta Jimenez Salzedo
Photography: Pau Ros