Eleanor Hooper Example for R&D Application

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I am a performance artist, singer, circus and theatre director and a co-director of Pif Paf, a renowned outdoor theatre company known for its visually striking and emotionally resonant work. My practice spans music, theatre and visual storytelling, transforming everyday spaces into places of imagination and connection.

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Over the last twenty years, I have co-created large-scale community performances for thousands of participants and directed works such as Toast, an interactive journey through seasons, stories, and song, and Celestial Sound Cloud, an installation that turns audience movement into light and sound.

My installations and performances have toured to venues and festivals including Glastonbury, WOMAD, Turner Contemporary, Nottingham and Leicester Cathedrals and the National Theatres of England and Wales.

Alongside this I lead outdoor wellbeing projects such as Waymaking, guiding community groups through forest bathing, song, and landscape connection in the Staffordshire Moorlands. My work continually explores how communal voice and embodied presence can foster healing, connection, and joy in both public and intimate spaces.