Eilon Morris is a composer, teacher and performer based in West Yorkshire, working across the UK and internationally. He is the author of Rhythm in Acting and Performance (Methuen Drama, 2017), a seminal work exploring the relationship between rhythm, movement, and performance.
Eilon is a Senior Lecturer and Movement Coordinator at Leeds Conservatoire, where he teaches modules in movement, music, and postgraduate placements. His recent creative projects include sound design and compositions for Minotaur, Metamorphoses, and Echo & Narcissus—a series of collaborations with choreographer Kim Brandstrup, performed at the Royal Opera House in London and Bath Theatre Royal. He also maintains ongoing collaborations with Zoe Katsilerou’s MOV Dance Theatre, Stand and Be Counted Theatre and choreographer Rob Heaslip.
Over the years, Eilon has worked as a performer with numerous theatre and dance companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company, OBRA Theatre Co., and DUENDE. He has taught extensively across the UK and internationally, with guest teaching and residencies at institutions such as the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Rose Bruford College, and the University of Kent (UK); the Duende School of Ensemble Physical Theatre (Greece, India); Au Brana Cultural Centre (France); Baratza Aretoa (Basque Country); Université Laval, Québec City (Canada); Taller de Investigación Teatral (Mexico); Universidad Nacional de las Artes (Argentina); ArtEZ (Netherlands); and Dansalliansen (Sweden).
…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
