CURRICULUM VITAE
Ellen Hemphill
108 Concord Drive, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27516 (919) 929-7006 (919) 801-9450 [email protected] www.archipelagotheatre.org
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:
Duke University: 1992-current Associate Professor,Theater Studies Department Director of Undergraduate Studies Fellow 2010-2011 Seminar with the John Hope Franklin Institute Department of Theater Studies (1993-2013) Intro to Theater, Freshman Seminar: Creativity and Theater, The Solo Performance, Singing for Theater Voice and Gesture Voice and Speech Business Communications through Theater Theater and New Media Towards performance (for casts of Duke Directed Performances)
Archipelago Theatre Inc. Artistic and Managing Director, Co-Founder Chapel Hill, NC (1990-)
www.archipelagotheatre.org
Cardea Consulting Director 2007- www.cardeaconsulting.com
The American Dance Festival: Instructor- Voice& Gesture for the Dancer/Performing Durham, NC (1992-2013)
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EDUCATION
M.ED Counseling Psychology 1977 Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
B.A. Religion (emphasis Eastern Studies) 1974 Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts
Liberal Arts Rhodes College 1970-1972, Memphis, Tennessee
Fellowship: Spelcentrum Lindenburgh 1977-78 Nijmegen, The Netherlands Focus: “Creativity: An Alternative to Therapy”- Theatre, Mime, Yoga, Sculpture
ARTISTIC EDUCATION and TRAINING:
1979-1990 THEATRE:
Roy Hart Theatre, Malerargues, France-1979-1990 Archipelago Theatre-France/USA-1986-present The Talking Band and Jean Claude van Italie, New York (text) The Odin Theatre-Denmark (Movement/Theatre) Heide Tegeder-Germany (Dance/Theatre) Temps Forts Theatre-Masks Nino Montalto-Columbaioni- Italy Clown work Bataclown-France-Clown work Yun Maeda, La Mama, NYC Set Design
VOICE: Private lessons-15 years Roy Hart Theatre Technique France-12 years Kyogen Nomura Koske- Noh-Tokyo, Japan 5 months Classical Peggy Bouveret-Paris- 3 years Folk/Popular Dina Rot- -Spain 2 years Polyphonic Venice Manley 2 years
2 DANCE/MOVEMENT:
1958-1980 Ballet, Modern, Jazz-20 years Yoga-8 years-Holland, France, USA Mime-Theatre de Mouvement-Paris
1978-1979 Yoga, Dance, Mime Installation Art/Sculpture Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1980-1992: Gestural theater Heide Tegeder (dancer with Pina Bausch -Germany),
Modern Technique: Lauri Macklin (USA), Jackie Taffanel, (France), Dominique Dupuy (France),
Flamenco Carmen Alvarez (Spain),
Physical Theater Training Silvia Ricciardella (Odin Theatre-Denmark)
MUSIC: Piano 12 years Composition 2 years-Maria Escribano-Madrid Rhythms Victoria Santa Cruz-Carnegie Mellon University, Alain Joules-Montpellier, France, Teatro Taller de Columbia
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
1978-1990: Roy Hart Theatre, Anduze, France Teacher-Voice and Movement Performer-Actor/Singer
1977: Spelcentrum Lindenburgh-Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Yoga and movement classes
1972-1975 Mind Dynamics Inc. Boston, Massachusetts
3 Communications workshops, TA (transactional analysis) training for business organizations, including, Texas Instruments
1977-2012 Private lessons in Voice: Singing, Speech, Public Presentation Clients include employees from Glaxo, Duke University, Mitsubishi, and Classical Singers, actors and dancers
WORKSHOPS on Voice, Gesture, Movement and Theater
1978-1993: ABROAD: France, Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Spain, Japan, Mexico, USA-New York (NYU), Chicago (Moming), Boston, Chapel Hill,UNC, Durham, Duke, NC Davidson, NC Greensboro, NC, Hickory, NC, Rutherfordton, NC Locally Workshops given through the Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro,NC,
Educational Institutions: New York University-Experimental Theatre Dept., Davidson College, UNC-Greensboro, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, NC., Duke Continuing Education, Durham, NC, Duke University Hospital-workshop for Professional Health Care Givers (nurses and administrators) ,SUNY Fredonia Fredonia, New York (Theater, Dance and Music Department workshop 2012),
Seminars by Archipelago/ Cardea Consulting: (Presentational and Communications Skills)
The Sanford Institute: Rotary Scholars and International PhD Students, NGOs Duke Biotech Sciences-Research Scientists, Surgeons (8 sessions) Duke Divinity School Duke Graduate School (3 sessions 07-08) Alton & Bird Law Offices (seminar and private consultation Bayer Crop Sciences (8 private consultations) Duke Marine Biology Laboratory-Beaufort, NC Duke Medical Center: Dept. of Infectious Diseases Duke Business Women Language in Action group, Duke University
PERFORMANCES as Actor/Singer: 1979-20012 (With ROY HART THEATRE) Exit the King tour-France, Mexico, Switzerland, Spain Kaspar tour-France + Paris, Spain, Switzerland, Holland
4 1981 Collaboration Roy Hart Theater/Talking Band NYC-King Lear (with ARCHIPELAGO)
The Stronger- tour-France + Paris Big Girls Don't Cry-Musical Revue-tour-France She Didn't Like the Moon Without Clouds- SOLO-produced by DUKE UNIVERSITY 1991 Cassandra's Lullaby – (Manbites Dog Theater Durham, NC) Binky Kite and the Oxymorons (Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro, NC) Another Time, Another Place, Someone Else (Carrboro Arts Center) Those Women (Duke University, Durham, NC) A New Fine Shame: The Life and Loves of Lou Andreas Salome” (Manbites Dog Theater) Death and the Maiden, Staged Reading benefit for playwright Ariel Dorfman Cabaret Singing/Solo work: Anduze, France, Paris, France, Chapel Hill, NC, Edenton, NC, Raleigh, NC Museum of Art (2002), American Dance Festival, Celebrations, Inc
Stealing Home: The Architecture of Intimacy Manbites Dog Theater Co-Produced by Duke Theater Studies Department. 2011
WRITER:
Binky Kite and the Oxymorons Cassandra’s Lullaby Those Women ** Eulogy for a Warrior ** Another Time, Another Place Amor Fortuna** Snow** A New Fine Shame** And Mary Wept **
5 The Woman in the Attic** Adaptation of The Trojan Women- based on script by Alan Shapiro and Peter Burian Out of the Blue (Archipelago Theatre/Duke University) The Narrowing (Fall 2013) (collarative writing project)
(**COLLABORATION WITH NOR HALL)
DIRECTOR and CHOREOGRAPHER Theater
(Professional performances produced by Archipelago Theater*** Co-producers/performance venues listed)
1988 La Confession Impudique Assistant Director-Avignon, France 1989 Blue Paper Shoes Assistant Director-Toured-France and USA 1990 The Key Assistant Vocal Coach 1992 Escurial Director (Carrboro Arts Center, Carrboro, NC 1993 Outraged and on the Wire Assistant Director (Manbites Dog Theater, Durham, NC 1993 If My Boundary Stops Here Director (Manbites Dog Theater) 1993 The Abdication Director (Carrboro Arts Center) 1994 Binky Kite and the Oxymorons Director (Carrboro Arts Center) 1995 Landscape Silence and Night Director (Manbites Dog Theater) 1996 Those Women Director (Duke Institute for the Arts/Duke Performances) 1997 Ten in One Director (Duke Institute for the Arts/Duke Performances) 1998 Blue Roses Director (Manbites Dog Theater) 1998 Eulogy for a Warrior Director (Duke Institute for the Arts/Duke Performances)
6 1999 Amor Fortuna Director (Manbites Dog Theater) 2000 The Crucible Director (Duke University Theater Studies Dept.) ** Student Performance 2000 Snow Director (Duke Institute for the Arts/Duke Performances) 2001 A New Fine Shame Director (Manbites Dog Theater) 2002 And Mary Wept Director (Duke Institute for the Arts/Duke Performances) 2005 The Woman in the Attic Director (Duke Institute for the Arts/Duke Performances) 2005 The Trojan Women Director Duke Univ. Theater Studies Dept. **(Student Performance) 2007 When the Bulbul Stopped Singing Director-Playmakers Reperatory Co. UNC Chapel Hill 2008 MFA project (November) Director UNC-Graduate School of Theatre 2009 Exit the King (April) Director- Duke Univ. Theatre Studies Dept. Brought in guest artist Basil Twist to work with students *2010 Out of the Blue Writer/Director Archipelago Theatre Supported by Duke Council for the Arts Collaborative grant 2011 Stealing Home Singer/Performer Archipelago Theatre *2011 A Doll's House Duke Theater Studies Department
2012 Lecture from Hell: Artaud Collaboration Duke Theater Studies/French Departments Duke Professor Jay O'Berski and Denis Guernon guest- writer/director from Paris *2013 The Narrowing Archipelago Theatre 539 MUZE Durham, NC Supported in part by Duke Theater Studies Dept., Duke Council for the Arts, Duke Univ. Dean's Grants-Duke Duke Theater students participated l
7 * Including Film Director for FILM SECTIONS of these performance
****Theatre Company Archipelago Inc., a professional Non-profit Company, is supported by the NC State Arts Council since 1991 and the National Endowment for the Arts 1992-2003 and the Minneapolis Foundation since 1999
Directing/Choreography Performance video Clips available upon request And see website: www. archipelagotheatre.org
ADMINISTRATIVE:
2009-Current Director of Undergraduate Studies-Duke Theater Studies Department 1997- Current Artistic Director and Executive Administrator of ArchipelagoTheatre Inc. USA Grants, publicity, management and public relation
1977-1987 Administration: Roy Hart Theatre, France, Archipelago Theatre, France
1990-1996 Co-Director and Executive Administrator of Archipelago Theatre Inc. USA Grants, publicity, management and public relations.
.1993-2007 National Endowment for the Arts On-site evaluator Visits and yearly reports for Theater and Performance Art companies throughout USA
Panel member 2000: The Rockefeller Foundation
SPECIAL AWARDS/HONORS
Speaker: Literature in Music and Music in Literature Duke/CSEEES Mellon Seminar: April 5-6, 2013
Franklin Scholar: 2010-2011 Robertson Scholar: 2010
8 Faculty support grants-Duke Theater Studies Department-2004, 2002,2006, 2007, 2008,2009, 2010-2011,2011-2012, 2012-2013
2009 Duke Council for the Arts. Development Grant for OUT OF THE BLUE 2009-2010 Duke Council for the Arts-Collaborative Arts Grant for OUT OF THE BLUE 2011 Duke Council for the Arts Development Grant STEALING HOME 2013-Duke Council for the Arts for THE NARROWING 2013-Dean's Grants-Duke
2011-2012 Emerging Artist Grant Durham Arts Council 2000 N.C State Fellowship Award for Choreography
2000 Writer’s Fellowship: Wildacres Foundation
Artist Support from Duke Institute of the Arts/Duke Performances 1996, 1998,2000
1993 INDIES Award (Raleigh, NC) for Theater Excellence
Archipelago has been noted regularly in the last 15 years in The Durham NC Independent Weekly for directing, acting, design etc.
1987 Grant from Asian Cultural Council NYC to study for four months in Japan Voice in Traditional Japanese Theater
1982 Grant received by the International Theater Institute (ITI) NYC for three month theatre exchange with the Talking Band Theatre & the Roy Hart Theater of France. Lecture/demonstrations given at NYU Experimental Theater Department workshops, and study/performance of KING LEAR
1978 Fellowship to work in the Netherlands: Spelcentrum Lindenburgh, Nijmegen
1976 Full Scholarship Wake Forest University Graduate School
9 Partial list of Past and present Artistic Collaborators: (contact information available on request)
Jim Haverkamp, film maker AMI Duke Univ. Allison Leyton-Brown composer NYC Jan Chambers set/costume design UNC Chapel Hill Nor Hall-writer/dramaturg Minneapolis Joe Haj Director Playmakers UNC Ray Dooley-Director-Center of Dramatic Arts UNC Basil Twist-Puppeteer NYC Terry Beck-Choreographer NYC Mark Dendy-Choreographer NYC Heide Tegeder-Choreographer Hannover, Germany Rafael Lopez-Barrantes-director/actor CalArts, California Johannes Theron-Director Paris, France Denis Guernon-writer/director Paris, France
LANGUAGES: French, Spanish, and Dutch
UPCOMING PROJECTS: 2014-2016 Research: Film editing and distribution of THE NARROWING Research: Retrospective of the work of Archipelago Theatre (digital book) Director of play TBD Duke Theater Studies Spring 2015
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