WONDERLAND
2024 New york city season
at The Joyce Theater
November 13th - 17th, 2024
GALLIM returns to The Joyce with the full-length, New York premiere of Andrea Miller’s WONDERLAND, a playground of ironies brought to life by the virtuosity, unconditional commitment, and fierce physicality of its dancers. Between selfie smiles and white knuckles, WONDERLAND examines pack mentality: animal instincts, social appetites, and colorful terrors. Sound design by Jakub Kiupinski & Cristina Spinei of Blind Ear Music gives a charming yet sinister edge to Miller’s visceral and kinetic movement.
PRESS
"What is most memorable is the dancers’ fervor and undeviating commitment, especially in the most bizarre passages: which makes Wonderland both stirring and chilling."
The New York Times
"Miller is brilliant at creating a charged, variegated space and tasks that strike you in the gut."
The Village Voice
“The powerful, grounded movement shifted in mood from absurdist exercise, to vaudeville, to a cutting portrait of a rock star and a groupie.”
Thirteen WNET New York Public Media
“Gutsy. Wild. Smart. Original. Andrea Miller has her own unmistakable voice.”
Dance Magazine
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
Lighting Design:
Vincent Vigilante
Costume Design:
Jose Solis
Set Design:
Jon Bausor
Sound Designers:
Jakub Kiupinski & Cristina Spinei of Blind Ear Music
Music:
Orchestra Barzizza, Chopin, Black Dice, Tim Hecker, Michel Bokanowski, Joanna Newsom,
Sebastien Agneessens and Kyle Fische Remix courtesy of the Alan Lomax Foundation
Running Time:
60 minutes, no intermission
SUPPORTERS
Wonderland has received support from public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation through USArtists International in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Miller was selected as a Princess Grace Awardee for 2010; support helped fund the creation of Wonderland.
Support for GALLIM is provided by our Generous Supporters.