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Originally from Naperville, Illinois, Ella Querrey is a dance artist and choreographer drawn to sensation, physicality, and the exploration of raw, honest movement. She approaches movement with curiosity, interested in the tension between control and abandon and in how different physical states can transform the way she moves and connects with others.

Ella is pursuing her BFA at the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance, where she has worked with artists including Rodrick George, Rafael Bonachela, Tyce Diorio, and Bret Easterling, and performed repertory by Jiří Kylián and Martha Graham. Professionally, she has performed Aszure Barton’s Return to Patience with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Shahar Binyamini’s Bolero X with Ballet BC. She has also appeared in dance films, including Jakevis Thomason’s Lamentation Variation.

Her artistic perspective has been shaped through experiences including GagaLab, Sharon Eyal at Orsolina28, Springboard Danse Pittsburgh, and Ballet BC’s Summer Intensive. Studying the movement languages of artists including Ohad Naharin, Sharon Eyal, Crystal Pite, and Imre Van Opstal has deepened her interest in sensation as a source for movement and in finding individuality and honesty within highly physical work.

Alongside performing and developing her choreographic voice, Ella is minoring in Performance Science, an interdisciplinary study integrating psychology, kinesiology, business, and entrepreneurship. These pursuits deepen her curiosity about the mind-body relationship and how movement can reveal, communicate, and expand human experience.