Ellen Gould Ventura

Biography

Ellen Gould Ventura – This versatile singer-actor has been performing since childhood and making her contribution to the worlds of international music, theatre, television, film, voice over work on adverts and corporate videos.

In 2004 she co-founded the Sephardic Mizrahi World music Quintet, Mashalá! in Barcelona with whom she has toured extensively. The world renowned quintet have been active in the Diaspora Music festival scene appearing in concerts and the media in the Mediterranean, the Balkans and in Cultural Festivals in Paris, Toronto, Vancouver and New York.

Their 1-hour tv documentary, Mashalá, (by Salaam Shalom Productions – India/Canada) was screened around North America, Israel and in Spain.

Most recently, Gould has also appeared on Moviestar´s Co-Production/mini-Series, ¨En el Corredor de la Muerte¨ added to other tv series in North America over the years.

HEIGHT 170 | BUST 92 | WAIST 74 | HIPS 108 | DRESS SIZE 38-40 | JACKET 40 | SHOE SIZE 41 | EYES Green | HAIR Black

TELEVISION/FILM:

  • El Rei Ha MortActor&Singer — Material, Short film, Director: Serafina Ventura (Spain)
  • Paul et PaulettePrincipal&Singer — Material, Fashion Film, Director: Serafina Ventura (Spain)
  • Paula!Principal — Material, Short film, Director: Serafina Ventura (Spain)
  • En el Corredor de la MuerteActor (1 Episode) — Bambu Productions/Film Affinity / Moviestar; (Spain
  • Mashalá!Principal — VisionTV-Telefilm Canada-SalaamShalom Prods. (ESP/Can.)
  • (Docu 45 mins. on E.G.Ventura the group Mashalá)
  • Film festivals, (Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Asia Minor)
  • La Sonora w- Orchestra.Cordes de MonSinger/Interview guest — TV3,La Sonora, Mus Etnologic/Taller de Musics (ESP)
  • Mashalá!Principal — VisionTV-Telefilm Can.-SalaamShalom Prods. (Spain/Can.)
  • Docu 45 mins. Sobre E.G.Ventura y el grupo Mashalá
  • Rodasons ; Els Nous CatalansInterview guest — Canal 33, TVE (Barcelona, SP)
  • Rai Barba Interviews Barcelona Television, Barcelona, SP
  • Final WarningPrincipal — Lalonde and Lalonde/A. Hearden (Toronto, Canadà)
  • TVO Kids Xmas BroadcastSinger — TV Ontario/Adrian Mills (Toronto, Canadà)
  • Studio 2 w/Steve PaikinPrincipal — TV Ontario/Doug Grant (Toronto, Canadà)
  • The Fairy Who Didn’t Want To Be
  • A Fairy AnymorePrincipal — Centre. for Advanced Film Studies/L., Lynd* ( » ) Canadà
  • Last WishDance Instructor — ABC Movie of the Week/J. Bleckner (USA)
  • Kids In The Hall (2 episodes)Actor — CBC/Broadway Video (USA/Canadà)
  • MurmursActor — Quantum Productions (Canadà)
  • For The RecordActor — CBC/Martin Lavut ( » )
  • High NotesChoral Singer — TV Ontario/Ted Regan ( » )
  • LiamPrincipal — Paul Fox Productions/P. Fox ( » )
  • * child actor, secondary parts and tv interviews, Variety TV: 1969 – 1980: BBC, CBC, TVO, Global TV, UK&Canada

Selected Theatre: Actress/Singer/Dancer

  • Seven Variations of Margarita WeinbergSister Character – Singer — Centre de Cultura de Dones FrancescaBonneMaison(SP)
  • Autorretrato En AzulSinger – Director – Writer — Convent Sant Agustí(CSA – GREC 2001 – 2002)(SP)
  • Self Portrait In BluePrincipal Actor – Singer – Writer — Music Gallery (Canada)
  • Fed By Faeries***Rosa (&singer) — Nightwood Theatre /A. Palmer (Canada)
  • KumbayaFeaured Singer, Live Variety — Ontario Place, Director: Molly Johnson, Toronto (Canada)
  • RoseLiz/Singer Dancer “LaCreams” — Canadian Stage Co./Tomson Highway/Larry Lewis
  • Get Tight w. John AlcornFeatured Singer — Theatre Passe Muraille/ J. Alcorn (Canada)
  • Liebe Lenya**Young Lotte, Principal — Factory Theatre/ Dir. K. Albertson
  • The Canadian ExpressElenka (Ensemble) — Theatre In The Rough/A. Harris ( » )
  • Ain’t Misbehavin’Charlene (Principal & Ensemble) — Bellavista Theatre/S. Jackson (Canada)
  • Meet The ChildrenVarias – Actriz/Intérprete — Theatre In The Rough/A. Harris (Canada)
  • The SeagullArkadina — U.C. Playhouse/M. Mumford ( » )
  • Hamlet MachineVarious/Dancer — U.C. Playhouse/D. Cave/C. May ( » )
  • TangoAbuela (Principal) — U.C. Playhouse/ Colin Taylor/Mroczek
  • Memories Of My BrotherVarious (Actor) — Harbourfront Studio Theatre, (¨)
  • * “Genie”(Best Picture, Short Film category, Canada;
  • ** Nomination, Theatre Award, ¨Dora Mavor Moore Awards (Canada), Mid-size Music-Theatre Category

Selected Voice Over: Films, Series, Documentaries (TV, Digital Media, Cinema) :

  • The Last ResortNew Caster (North American) — Thunder Road Pictures, (Spain)
  • Guardians of the MediterraneanNarrator — B23 Media/CosmoCaixa, (Spain)
  • La MasiaActor: Mother (UK accent) — NSN Media, (Spain)
  • Bonaire: Pride of the Dutch CaribbeanNarrator — Jurrien Wiss Productions, (Netherlands/World Wide)
  • The Flying BearVarious roles — BadiBadi Producer: Spain/Poland
  • Forgotten ChristmasVarious roles — FilmAffinity: Spain & Norway
  • Oncology Films131 short 3D films — Omega Z Prods. (ESP), Mount Sinai Hospital (USA 2017)
  • Our OceansNarrator (Spot and 8 short films) — True Day Films, (ESP)(European Commission, 2017
  • Miracle in LourdesNuns (various) — Audioprojects
  • LoopdidooGwendolyne (seasons. 3, 4, 5) — Blue Spirit (France). Audioprojects (ESP)(2016)(currently
  • Gaia: The Big MotherNarrator — Institut Geologic/Cartografic de Catalunya (feature doc)
  • Una Ma de Contes/A Handful of StoriesNarrator (& singing voices) — Catalunya Television, (Canal 33, English)
  • The ReturnedVarious — Filmax (Spain/Canada);Deluxe Studio 103
  • MamaVarious — Toma 78 (Spain/Argentina/Canada)
  • Snowflake (The white GorillaMother — Filmax (Spain)
  • BakhitaVarious — G. Caciotti (Italia, CineCitta)&Audioprojects, Spain
  • NoemiMother — CBC/Audioprojects (Canada/Spain)
  • HirokuVarious — O.E.K. Prods. (Spain/Japan)
  • Escape HockeyThe Governor (Episode 2) — Enne Ent. Studios, (Spain)
  • PaintballVoice-in-off, (Walkie Talkie) — Filmax, Dir. Daniel Benmayor (Spain)
  • Diario de una NimfómanaCristina (voice, Angela Molina) — Filmax/Canonigo Films (Eng. vers)
  • The Man who Unfolded 1000 HeartsMother & Daughter (varias) — MediaPro, Spain – Documentary 2008
  • ReflectionsVarious — Drim Tim, Spain
  • ColorsNarrator — Catalunya Television, Spain
  • **** El Ratoncito De Tus Sueños1/Perez, The Hairy Toothfairy, “ Goya”award 2006, SPAIN:Goya, Best feature length animation

Lead Singer/Director of Barcelona quintet, Mashalá (since 2004) :

Selected Concerts/Festivals & Performances as (Sephardic/Mizrahi World Music :

  • L’olivera i l’ametller: de terra comuna – Concert, Casa Adret Barcelona, Nov. 28. 2021
  • Ecos de Sefarad – Concert, Casa Adret Barcelona, Juliol 3. 2021
  • Salaam Shalom Parlament – Event & Concert, CCCB Barcelona, January 2019
  • City of Lleida, Concert Tres Culturas, Gothic Quarter Primière –, Lleida, Spain, September 2018
  • Museu Frederic Marès, Barcelona – Concert for inter-relgious Dialogue and Peace, July 2018
  • Museu de Les Cultures del Mon¨Sherpa Sonor – Concert in duo – Junio 2017&2018
  • Limud BarcelonaConcert – June 2014
  • Festival des Cultures Juives – 2 Concerts and Conference, L´Université d´ÉtÉ Judeo-Espagnole, Aki Estamos Association
  • Paris, Francia June – July 2013
  • International Diasporic Film Festival – Presentation and Screening, Mashalá! Docu, Toronto, Nov. 2012
  • Australian Sephardic Association – Concert, Gothic Quarter, Barcelona (Hotel Inglaterra), BCN 26 Oct. 2010; May 2011 & 2012
  • Memorial to President Malam Bacai Sanha – Concert w/Cordes Del Mon World Music Orchestra and invited guests, Ajuntament
  • , Barcelona, 8-3-2012
  • Sabadell Jazz i MonConcert, Auditori, Sabadell (Barcelona) – Feb. 15, 2012
  • Festival of Sephardic Music – Concert, Plaça dels Jueus, Besalu (Gerona), SPAIN, 6-3-2011
  • El Olivo y el Almendro de Tierra Común– Concert w/invited guests, Café Llibreria Context, Girona, 30-1-2011
  • International Holocaust Rememberance Day – Concert, Plaça del Rei, guest artists, Barcelona 27-1-2011
  • Ravaleja! – Concierto with the Liceu Jazz Orchestra Conservatory and special guest artists, Rambla del Raval, Barcelona 12/11/2010

Languages:

  • English (Native), Spanish, Catalán (Basic): Italian French (Sings in: Ladino, Hebrew, Arabic)

Education:

  • American Academy of Dramatic Arts – Acting (New York ), 1983
  • University of Toronto, University College – Theatre , languages, Cine (Toronto, Canada), 1986
  • Royal Conservatory of MusicInstruments (see here); Theory / History (Toronto & London), 1972 – 1980

Professional Background : (1980 – 96) Private & Master Classes:

  • Voice ( mezzo Soprano)Richard Armstrong, David Smukler; Singing (Mezzo) – Deborah Alexander, David Low; Dance (Modern,
  • Jazz, Ballet, Flamenco)Toronto Dance Theatre, George Brown College, Teatro Flamenco; American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC), Theatre Combat – Reid Needles; Clown – Dean Gilmour / Mimi Smith (UofT); Music – Piano – Various: Medieval Recorder
  • (soprano, Alto andTenor), Cottingham School; Violinvarios; Guitar – various;
  • FluteLehman ; Ear Training (hearing) – Peter Skoggard

VOICE:

  • Singer (mezzo): Sephardi, Mizrahi, Judeo-Arabic, Jazz (Standards and Modern), Cabaret, Clàssica,
  • Profe/Coach Singing, Actor, Dialogue Coaching & Accents (Alexander Movement, Feldenkrais, Bel Canto, etc.)
  • Actor, Voice Over, Narrator, Cartoon Voices, accents/Dialects (English, Spanish)
  • Characters (Cartoon, children, sounds, animals), Dialects (Euro, American, Canadian, British,Australian etc),
  • Dubbing, Narrator;

Dance

  • Salsa, cumbia, merengue; flamenco (rudimentary); jazz, modern, belly dancing

Musician

  • Piano, flute, Percussion, violin, guitar; vocal arranging/harmonies

Writer

  • Film/Theatre/TV scripts, Lyrics, Librettos, Artistic Promotion (Music, Fine Art, Film, etc)

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