Eleanor Burke

Eleanor Burke is a London-based director and choreographer. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Green Opera, a company with a vision for making music and drama in a way that is environmentally sustainable. A trained ballet and contemporary dancer, Eleanor has recently undertaken a BADC course in stage combat in order to expand her choreographic work to include fight and intimacy choreography.

Credits

DIRECTOR/MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Karolina Csáthy, Gesualdo: an interdisciplinary piece of performance art depicting the Renaissance composer’s life (Green Opera, Trinity College Chapel, Cambridge)/ 1 week 2020
DIRECTOR/DEVISER/Eleanor Burke, Fillu: a devised interdisciplinary piece about the lovers Eugenie Schumann and Marie Fillunger (Green Opera: Emmanuel College, Cambridge; The Royal Academy of Music Museum; The Minerva Festival 2020; Angela Burgess Recital Hall, Royal Academy of Music)/4 performances 2019-20
DIRECTOR/ Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (Opera Kensington)/1 week 2019
DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER/ Bizet, Carmen (Cambridge University Opera Society West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge)/ 1 week 2019
DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER/Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado (Cambridge University Gilbert & Sullivan Society, West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge)/1 week 2019
DIRECTOR/Mozart, Bastien und Bastienne/ Der Schauspieldirektor (Trinity College Chapel, 2018)
DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER/Leonard Bernstein, Trouble in Tahiti (Frankopan Hall, Cambridge University Opera Society), 2017
DIRECTOR/CADS Monologue Clash: an evening of monologues (Christ’s College, Cambridge)
DIRECTOR/Seduction: A Sketch Show for Lovers (Cambridge Footlights: Pembroke New Cellars, Cambridge)/1 week 2017
DIRECTOR/DRAMATURGE/Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (Edinburgh Fringe, Space Niddry Street, N6 Productions)/2 weeks 2015

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/Massenet, Chérubin (Royal Academy Opera), dir. James Hurley/ 1 week, 2020
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/SURTITLES, Puccini, La Bohème (Hampstead Garden Opera), dir. Daisy Evans/ 2 weeks, 2019
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT/Scott Joplin, Treemonisha (Grimeborn, Arcola Theatre), dir. Cecilia Stinton/ 1 week, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/Rossini, La Cenerentola (British Youth Opera), dir. Stuart Barker/ 2 weeks, 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/MOVEMENT DIRECTOR, Jane Austen (adapted by Madeline Trépanier) Northanger Abbey: a devised performance (Fireside Theatre: Institut Français Écosse, Edinburgh Fringe)/2 weeks 2019
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/ Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman (Cambridge ADC)/2 weeks 2019

CHOREOGRAPHER/ Gilbert & Sullivan, The Sorcerer (Robinson College Auditorium, Cambridge)/1 week 2017
CHOREOGRAPHER/Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop, Oh What a Lovely War! (Cambridge ADC Theatre)/1 week 2018
CHOREOGRAPHER/Gilbert & Sullivan, The Pirates of Penzance (The Minack Theatre)/2 weeks 2018
CHOREOGRAPHER/Leonard Bernstein, West Side Story (RADA)/2 weeks 2015

Training

BADC Stage Combat (unarmed, rapier, dagger)
Advanced 2 Ballet
Grade 8 Piano
DipABRSM voice
Level 1 British Sign Language

OBSERVER/ Shakespeare, Henry V: original pronunciation (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse), dir. Ben Crystal/1 week 2015
OBSERVER/ Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Almeida), dir. Rupert Goold/ 1 week 2014