Bebe Miller

Bebe Miller’s vision of dance resides in her faith in the moving body as a record of thought, experience, and beauty. Her aesthetic relies on the interplay of a work’s idea, its physicality, and the contributions of company members to fashion its singular voice. She has collaborated with artists, composers, writers and designers, along with the dancers who share her studio practice and from whom she has learned what dancing can reveal. A native New Yorker, Bebe first performed her choreography at Dance Theater Workshop NYC in 1978 and formed Bebe Miller Company in 1985. 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; PICA (Portland, OR), REDCAT (LA,CA), Walker Art Center, and Wexner Center for the Arts. Her choreography has been performed by A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Oregon Ballet Theater, Boston Ballet, Philadanco, Salt Lake City’s Repertory Dance Theater, the UK’s Phoenix Dance Company, PACT Dance Company of Johannesburg, South Africa as well as a host of colleges and universities. Over the last decade the Company has also produced a variety of digital archive projects that share the company’s creative practice.

Named a Master of African American Choreography by the Kennedy Center in 2005, Bebe has been honored by NYC’s Danspace Project and Movement Research, received four New York Dance and Performance awards, United States Artists and Guggenheim Fellowships, honorary doctorates from Ursinus College and Franklin & Marshall College, and is one of the inaugural class of Doris Duke Artist Award recipients. A Distinguished Professor Emerita in The Ohio State University’s Department of Dance, she lives in Columbus, OH.


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