Dance Films

"Miller takes what can feel like a static place and fills it with energy and a sense of momentum." - Brian Schaefer, Dance Magazine

 

Another Dance Film (2021)

Choreographed by Andrea Miller, starring NYCB principal Sara Mearns, directed by Ariel Schulman & Henry Joost of the critically acclaimed production company Supermarché, produced by Jacob Jonas The Company in partnership with Somewhere Magazine.

5:09 minutes

 
BOAT A film by Andrea Miller and Helix Films Commissioned by Northrop at the University of Minnesota Premiering November 19, 2020 Co-Directed by Andrea Miller and Ben Stamper Choreography by Andrea Miller Cast: Allysen Hooks, Christopher Kinsey, Sean Lammer, Taylor Stanley, Haley Sung, Georgia Usborne Organist: Dean Billmeyer Music Director, PopUp Choir: Michael Jeffrey Producer, PopUp Choir: Jonathan Guyton Singers, PopUp Choir: Soprano: Bethany Battafarano, Kristina Butler, Gabrielle Doran, Rachel Farhi, Heather Ford Alto: Alyssa Anderson, Jennifer Dusek, Ingrid Elzey, Kris Kautzman, Mary Kate Maney Tenor: Zachary Busch, Jonathan Guyton, WIliam Mills, Eric Smith, Bryan Wells Bass: Joseph Kastner, Mark Henning, Taylor Quinn, Josué Silva, Shane Wilson Audio Supervisor: Brad Kern Cinematographer: Andrew Michael Ellis Company Manager & Studio Crew Chief: Anna McDunn Costumes: Andrea Miller & Anna McDunn Producer: Stephani De Luca Art Director: Scott Dougan Production Manager: Jeanette Bonner Assistant Camera: Sebastian Larossa Rogers, Sam Rob Wood Production Sound Mixer: Blake Goldberg Production Assistant: Ernest Felton Baker Medic & COVID-19 Safety Compliance Provided by ParaDocs Production Support: Mike Faba, Ali Lane Film adaptation commissioned by Northrop at the University of Minnesota, 2020 Theatrical commission by the Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA, 2016 and Reworked for The Ted Shawn, Jacob’s Pillow 2019

BOAT (2020)

A new dance film by Andrea Miller and Ben Stamper, adapted from Miller’s acclaimed work for stage BOAT (2016), explores what it looks like, feels like, and means to be searching for home. The piece was commissioned by Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota and premiered in an online event on November 19, 2020. Featuring the music of Arvo Pärt, performed on Northrop’s pipe organ and by Minneapolis’s PopUp Choir, the film takes viewers on a journey of people becoming undone, floating adrift, holding each other, building bonds, and allowing hope and dignity to grow anew. 

Cinematography by Andrew Michael Ellis, Produced by Stephanie DeLuca, Production Manager: Jeanette Bonner, GALLIM Company Manager & Studio Crew Chief: Anna McDunn

Cast: Allysen Hooks, Christopher Kinsey, Sean Lammer, Taylor Stanley, Haley Sung, Georgia Usborne *with special appearances by Mateo and Noa Rengifo-Miller

32:40 minutes

 
Commissioned by New York City Ballet for their Digital Fall Season, "new song" premiered on October 29, 2020. Performed by New York City Ballet dancers: Harrison Coll, Unity Phelan, Indiana Woodward, Sebastien Villarini-Velez Choreography by Andrea Miller, Directed by Ezra Hurwitz, Director of Photography Jon Chema, Music by Victor Jara (“Manifesto”), Produced by Stephani DeLuca, Creative Assistant Haley Sung new song was featured in the New Yorker article “How New York City Ballet Took On the Pandemic” by Michael Schulman and with photography by Michael Avedon.

new song (2020)

Commissioned by New York City Ballet for their Digital Fall Season, new song premiered on October 29, 2020.

Performed by: Harrison Coll, Unity Phelan, Indiana Woodward, Sebastien Villarini-Velez

Choreography by Andrea Miller, Directed by Ezra Hurwitz, Director of Photography Jon Chema, Music by Victor Jara (“Manifesto”), Produced by Stephani DeLuca, Creative Assistant Haley Sung

new song was featured in the New Yorker article “How New York City Ballet Took On the Pandemic” by Michael Schulman and with photography by Michael Avedon.

5:51 minutes

 
Directed by Andrea Miller and Ben Stamper Dancers: Chris Bloom and Gabrielle Sprauve, Ballet Hispanico company members Choreographed by Andrea Miller in collaboration with the dancers Edited by Ben Stamper Filmed by Chris Bloom and Gabrielle Sprauve Music by Nicola Cruz

orilla (2020)

Commissioned by Ballet Hispánico in June, 2020, Andrea Miller and filmmaker Ben Stamper created this short dance film in collaboration with BH company members Chris Bloom and Gabrielle Sprauve, who danced (and filmed) the work. Music by Nicola Cruz.

3:36 minutes

 
Choreography: Andrea Miller Performer: Andrea Miller Editing: Ben Stamper Music: Ben Stamper This film is a contribution to Decameron Row, a community art project created during the 2020 quarantine. See the 99 other works at www.decameronrow.com

Decameron row (2020)

Andrea Miller is a part of a new international art project benefiting mental health support services. Producer Itamar Kubovy invited 100 artists around the world, including Etgar Keret, Camille A. Brown, Annie-B Parson, Paul Lazar, Pilobolus, OK Go, and many brilliant others, to contribute one-minute videos to Decameron Row, a collective record of this stormy year. Check out Decameron Row at www.decameronrow.com. 

Dance Magazine mentions Andrea Miller's piece in Decameron Row.

Decameron Row included in the NY Times list of 7 Things to Do This Weekend.

1:00 minute

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Directed by Ben Stamper & Andrea Miller Choreography by Andrea Miller Performance by Misa Lucyshin & Arden Stamper Music by Jordan T. Chiolis Camerawork by Ben Stamper & Misa Lucyshin Editing by Ben Stamper Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim (2020)

notes on gathering (2020)

Works & Process at the Guggenheim commissioned this short dance film by Andrea Miller and filmmaker Ben Stamper, which premiered on August 24, 2020.

Directed by Ben Stamper & Andrea Miller, Choreography by Andrea Miller, Performance by Misa Lucyshyn & Arden Stamper, Music by Jordan T. Chiolis, Camerawork by Ben Stamper & Misa Lucyshyn, Editing by Ben Stamper, Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim (2020)

Notes on Gathering included in the NY Times list of 7 Things to Do This Weekend.

9:45 minutes

 
Teaser Trailer for IN THIS LIFE Grief is unavoidable. It follows us and consumes us. It is a physical experience, one where language and words are often useless to convey or to comfort. In five acts, this film explores the language of loss through dance, narrative scenes, and performance art, illustrating the complexity of grief in the often wordless way it impacts all our lives. DIRECTED BY Bat-Sheva Guez WRITTEN BY Robbie Fairchild & Bat-Sheva Guez STARRING Robbie Fairchild CHOREOGRAPHERS James Alsop, Warren Craft, Robbie Fairchild, Andrea Miller, Christopher Wheeldon. CINEMATOGRAPHY Giacomo Belletti PRODUCTION DESIGN Karen Weber PERFORMERS Kathleen Laituri, Heather Lang, Rico Lebron, Martha Nichols, Michael Rosen, Ahmad Simmons, Ryan Steel, Abby Stephensen, Cassandra Surianello, & Julien Valme. SCORE RIVKA SOUND DESIGN Eric Brown

In This Life (2019)

Grief is unavoidable and universal; a painfully physical experience in which language is often inadequate and where words are often unable to convey loss or to comfort it.  In five acts, this film illustrates the stages of grief, exploring the language of loss through dance, narrative scenes, and performance art, conveying the complexity of grief in the often wordless way it impacts all our lives.

After every major loss, we must grieve for the person we used to be, for the future we thought we'd have. The journey to accept this new version of ourselves is often fraught with rage and pain as we shed our old skin to make way for the new. This film is about that journey.

Directed by Bat-Sheva Guez, starring Robbie Fairchild, choreographed by James Alsop, Warren Craft, Robbie Fairchild, Christopher Wheeldon, and Andrea Miller.

Watch Full Film HERE

Screened by:
All Arts (part of WNET and PBS)
BRKLYN Film Festival - Best Experimental Film
Rhode Island International Film Festival - Best Musical Film
Lincoln Center Dance on Camera Film Festival - Official Selection
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Lighthouse Film Festival
American Dance Festival Movies by Movers
Newport Beach Film Festival
11th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
Santa Monica College

11:26 minutes