Ellen trained at The Northern School of Contemporary Dance and began her career by joining Ludus dance Company where she gained performance and educational facilitating experience. She has toured work by Yael Flexer, Ben Wright, Nigel Charnock, to name a few and has gone on to work with Tmesis Theatre, LPM Dance and Casson & Friends. She has worked alongside Gary Clarke, Elinor Randle, TC Howard, Adele Thompson, and Robert Clark. She regularly teaches for Yorkshire Dance and has set up TADT’s regular Dance Around classes. She is the lead artist for InMature Dance company, a project lead by Yorkshire Dance to help combat loneliness and isolation in care home around Yorkshire and to help people who live with dementia.