SAMA
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FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL
@ New York City Center
7:30pm
September 18th - 19th, 2024
SAMA is a glimpse at a tangible universe where individuals have a space to express themselves and transcend through movement. "In the digital and information age we might be numbing our bodies as the fundamental key of being in the world and knowing it. Is this the beginning of an apocalypse of the body? There are essential, ambiguous and complex elements of our humanity that we can only be accessed through our physical experience. Forget conventional, oversimplifying or automated rules of reasoning. The body is the chance of being without reducing.” - Andrea Miller
World Premiere | Sadler’s Wells , 2019 | Commissioned by Rambert2 and the Juilliard School
PRESS
"Miller plugs into some primal pulse, awakening (and ultimately pummeling) the senses, the dancers living intensely in their bodies." - The Guardian
"Dressed in vibrant silk, the dancers’ hands brush through the air as if throwing water over their bodies." - The Stage
"A rave for the body in motion" - The Times
"The sheer stamina, strength and power that projected with exaggerated gusto…changed the atmosphere within seconds." - Dance Tabs
Andrea Miller
Choreographer
Andrea Miller is a choreographer, creative director and artistic director of the internationally renowned multi-disciplinary production company GALLIM, working in live and digital movement expression and education. Miller's works for theater, film, fashion, and dance have been described as “as ancient as they are ultra modern.” A Guggenheim, Sadler’s Wells, and Princess Grace Fellow, Miller is the first-ever choreographer to be named Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in 2017 she was featured in Forbes magazine for entrepreneurial leadership in the arts.
Miller is currently working deeply in film and site-specific work, and recently conceived of You Are Here, a sound, sculpture, and performance installation for Lincoln Center with 25 community members processing the pandemic through breath, music, theater and dance. Her films and dance works have been screened/performed worldwide at venues including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Art Basel, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, BAM, Royal Albert Hall, Sadlers Wells, Chaillot de Paris, and more. Recent commissions include New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Pennsylvania Ballet, Rambert 2, Alvin Ailey 2, and The Juilliard School.
Miller is an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College and guest faculty at The Juilliard School. Her repertory, creative methodology, and dance training are taught across the country.
Full bio here.
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Choreography:
Andrea Miller
Creative Assistant:
Allysen Hooks
Lighting Design:
Paul Keogan (Rambert)
Nicole Pearce (GALLIM, Juilliard)
Composers:
Vladimir Zaldwich and Frédéric Despierre
Sound Editor:
Phil Gould
Costume Design:
Hogan McLaughlin
Stilt Consultant:
Lila Lifely
Run time:
16 minutes
SUPPORTERS
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