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Just being out there as a black choreographer is a political statement.
Bebe Miller
Bebe Miller’s vision of dance resides in her faith in the moving body as a record of thought, experience, and beauty. She has collaborated with artists, composers, writers, and designers, along with the dance artists who share her studio practice and from whom she’s learned what dancing can reveal. Her work encompasses choreography, writing and film, along with digital archive products that share her creative practice. A native New Yorker, she formed Bebe Miller Company in 1985. Since then, the Company has been commissioned by leading venues including NYC’s 651 ARTS, BAM Next Wave, New York Live Arts and The Joyce Theater; Jacob’s Pillow (Lee, MA); Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, OH); and has performed worldwide. Her choreography has been performed by A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Oregon Ballet Theater, Philadanco, and PACT Dance of Johannesburg, RSA among others. Named a Master of African American Choreography by the Kennedy Center, Bebe has received honorary doctorates and numerous awards, and is one of the inaugural class of Doris Duke Artist Award recipients. A Professor Emerita at Ohio State University, she is currently living on Vashon Island and thinks it’s swell.
Born New York City, September 20, 1950.
Bebe Miller's Works
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Cantos Gordos
Premiere Date: 1994