SCHEDULE

Sunday, Nov 15th

12:00 - 1:30pm - Discuss Theatrical Lighting with David(Location TBA)

1:30pm Head over to the Joyce Theater

2:00pm Watch GALLIM at the Joyce Theater (matinee ticket included in tuition)

Wednesday, Nov 18th

7:00-8:00pm Zoom with Vinny & Andrea to discuss lighting from the program (Q&A on their creative process)

ANDREA MILLER is a choreographer, creative director, and founder of the internationally renowned multidisciplinary organization GALLIM. A Hispanic creator and collaborator for dance, film, fashion, and the visual arts, Miller is known for her exploration of the essential elements of human behavior and the alchemy of movement and performance. Miller is a Guggenheim, Sadler's Wells, New York City Center, and Princess Grace Fellow, and was featured in Forbes as an entrepreneur and leader in the dance world. She is the first choreographer to be named Artist in Residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, creating two large scale works for The Temple of Dendur and the fifth floor of The Met Breuer. Her visual art collaborations include a sound, sculpture, and performance installation for Lincoln Center processing the pandemic as well as collaboration with visual artist Antony Gormley at White Cube, Phyllida Barlow with ENB and works for The Glass House, Art Basel, Frieze Festival, Grace Farms, and Grand Central Station.

Miller’s dance works are presented by leading institutions and festivals around the world including Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, City Center, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, BAM, Royal Albert Hall, Sadler's Wells, London Royal Opera House, Théâtre National de Chaillot, Teatre Grec of Barcelona, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Canal Madrid, Teatro Nacional de Panamá, DanceHouse Vancouver, Spoleto Festival, and others.

Recent dance commissions include English National Ballet, New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Bern Ballet, TanzLuzern, Noord Nederland Dans, Pennsylvania Ballet, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Rambert2, NDT2, Ailey II, and The Juilliard School.

Film collaborations include celebrated directors Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost, Xavier Dolan, Ezra Hurwitz, Bat-Sheva Guez, and long time collaborator Ben Stamper.

Her collaborations in fashion and brands include multiple collaborations with Hermès as well as VOGUE, Bergdorf and Goodman, SportsMax, KSwiss, Lacoste, Target, Calvin Klein, Crate & Barrel, SLS Hotels Miami and Las Vegas, and Beautiful Destinations. Miller serves on the board of Chelsea Factory and The Doris Humphrey Foundation.

Miller’s repertory, creative methodology and dance training have been taught through the GALLIM School of Movement as well as The Juilliard School, NYU, UC Kaufman, Harvard, Barnard, Marymount Manhattan, and others. She has been Adjunct Professor at Marymount Manhattan College and Barnard, and guest faculty at The Juilliard School, where she is an alumna.

DAVID GOODMAN-EDBERG loves lighting contemporary dance and has lit new works by such choreographers as Natasha Adorlee, Shannon Alvis, Hope Boykin, Marc Brew, Norbert De La Cruz III, David Dorfman, Maxine Doyle, Nicolo Fonte, Roderick George, Monique Haley, Kristina Isabelle, Noelle Kayser, Erin Kilmurray, Eddy Ocampo, Kevin O’Day, Marco Palomino, Joshua Peugh, Stephanie Pizzo, Nick Pupillo, Wilfredo Rivera, Yoshito Sakuraba, Wade Schaaf, Marlene Skog, Kia Smith, Jacqueline Stewart, Micaela Taylor, Tess Voelker, Maleek Washington, Robyn Mineko Williams, and Edgar Zendejas, among others. David is also currently the lighting director for Detroit Metropolitan Dance (a company he has been collaborating with for over a decade), South Chicago Dance Theater, and Visceral Dance Chicago, and has had the joy of collaborating with emerging choreographers lighting The Joffrey Ballet’s Winning Works programs since 2025. dglxdesign.com

VINCENT VIGILANTE is a graduate of SUNY New Paltz, where he earned a BA in Theatre Performance and Technology. With 23 years of experience in the dance and performing arts industries in the United States and abroad, Vincent has worked as a lighting designer, lighting supervisor, technical director, and director of production. His work spans theatres and performance venues around the world, collaborating with artists and creative teams to bring performances to life. In addition to his production work, Vincent works as a theatre construction consultant, helping guide theatre design and construction projects with an understanding of the technical, operational, and artistic needs of performance spaces.