Ellen Bar joined New York City Ballet as a member of the Corps de Ballet in 1998 and was promoted to Soloist in 2006. While dancing, Ellen developed and produced the narrative dance film NY EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ, which premiered at 2010 SXSW Film Festival and aired on PBS’s Great Performances series. In 2011, Ellen became the Director of Media Projects at NYCB, where she was responsible for developing and producing the Company's film and video content.  In her 6 years there, she worked with some of New York's best filmmakers to produce and/or direct over 30 short films for the Company each year. In 2014, Ellen produced the feature documentary film BALLET 422, which premiered in competition at Tribeca Film Festival and was released theatrically nationwide by Magnolia Pictures. 

Ellen is now working as a freelance film producer and as a consultant to nonprofits for video content strategy and development. 

CV

2011 - 2016

Director of Media Project, New York City Ballet
Di     Creative development, strategy, and production for New York City Ballet's original film and video content, encompassing everything from feature-length and short form documentaries to interview series, short narrative films, promos and trailers.   

2014

Producer, BALLET 422
Dir. Jody Lee Lipes / Prod. Anna Holmer / Distributed by Magnolia Pictures
TriBeCa Film Festival Documentary Competition 2014

2010

Executive Producer, NY EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ
Dir. Jody Lee Lipes & Henry Joost / Prod. Bar/Suozzi / PBS & BBC4
Winner Audience Award South by Southwest 2010

2006 - 2011

Soloist, New York City Ballet

1998 - 2006

Corps de Ballet, New York City Ballet