Based in West Yorkshire, Eilon Morris is a percussionist, composer, actor and educator, working throughout the UK and internationally. He is the Author of Rhythm in Acting and Performance (Methuen Drama 2017). Working as Movement Coordinator and Senior Lecturer at Leeds Conservatoire, Eilon teaches movement, music and placement modules. Recent projects include collaborating with choreographer Kim Brandstrup on Minotaur (Royal Opera House, Bath Theatre Royal), and working with Zoe Katsilerou’s MOV Dance Theatre …read more
…the quality of a dream, each successive scene offering pictures of haunting encounters that feel at once surreal and real… Each section has its own movement language, reflected in Eilon Morris’s ever-changing score, which moves from electronica to classical to the sound of Irish dancing.
***** Observer review of Phaedra and Minotaur 2022
With risk of sounding overly effusive, as an acting instructor this is a book I have been wanting for years. Its value comes from Morris’s approach. … It will be a great addition to the conversations of acting instructors and artists in performance, but also for scholars looking to enrich the engagement of students in discussions of performance analysis.
***** J. Ariadne Calvano, review of Rhythm in Acting & Performance, Theatre Topics 2018
For more information on Eilon’s sound and music collaborations with Zoe Katsilerou visit the katmo sounds website
