About Michelle

Though not a licensed scientist, technologist, or carpenter, Ellsworth nevertheless co-mingles these disciplines with dance to create solutions and/or demonstrations of peculiar geopolitical (and personal) phenomena. The pharmaceutical and political potential of dance interests her, as well as the value of broken and labor-intensive ideas.  

Among Ellsworth’s honors are a Doris Duke Artist Award (2019), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2016), a Doris Duke Impact Award (2015), a Creative Capital Fellowship (2013), and a USA Artists Knight Fellowship in Dance (2012). Highlights in her performing career include presenting at On The Boards, The Fusebox Festival, American Realness, The Chocolate Factory, Danspace, and at a few places in Europe.