Ella Spira


Ella Spira is a composer based in London, England. Spira co-founded the Production Company 'Sisters Grimm', alongside former Royal Ballet ballerina Pietra Mello-Pittman. Spira writes and composes music for ballet and film, and also works as an arranger making dance remixes for popular UK artists. She was born in Gloucester, and was mentored by film composer David Arnold.

Achievements

In 2008, Spira was nominated for the Channel 4 Talented Newcomers Award for production music, partly as a result of her achievements as a UK delegate for a European Arts Initiative sponsored by the British Council. A year later she was commissioned to write a series of pieces for the BAFTA/Rocliffe New Writers’ Forum for the 2009 International Screenwriters' Festival. In the same year, Spira co-founded dance production company Sisters Grimm with Royal Ballet dancer Pietra Mello-Pittman.
Spira has had her music played on BBC Radio 3, which she has also presented features for.
Spira has created film scores, dance compositions for The Royal Ballet and made remixes for Bruno Mars and Nelly. She is currently collaborating with South African choir Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Mark Baldwin, artistic director of Rambert Dance Company, for a new dance work Inala to be premiered at London's Sadler's Wells Theatre in July 2013.

Works

Ballet and dance

In 2010, Spira began an association with Steve Smart and West Funk and worked as arranger on club remixes for the following Top 20 UK hits: