W H A L E
World Premiere | The Joyce Theater, 2015
Andrea Miller uses her radical physical language and intense narrative pace to juxtapose love, sex and domesticity.
Called "Marvelously daring" (Deborah Jowitt) and named "Best in 2015" by Dance Magazine, W H A L E trails the human pursuit to love and be loved, and navigates the expectations, anxiety, and forgiveness surrounding this struggle through moments of emotional vulnerability, sensual abandonment, and spiritual tribulation. Both intimate and cinematic, W H A L E invites an exploration of one of life’s most essential themes.
PRESS
“Almost unbearable cravings alternating with giddy flesh contact. A celebration of awkwardness…[Miller’s] got her own unstoppable zing.”
“marvelously daring”
“wildly energized, demanding choreography”
“wholly, inarguably, recognizably human”
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Choreography:
Andrea Miller in collaboration with GALLIM
Dramaturg:
Ron Amit
Lighting Design:
Nicole Pearce
Set Concept:
Andrea Miller and Nicole Pearce
Original Score and Sound Design:
Jordan Chiolis
Additional Music: Luigi Madonna
Costume Design:
Andrea Miller and Gwyn Mackenzie
Run time:
90 Minutes with Intermission
Dancers:
8
Whale. Photos by Emily Fong (Courtesy of San Jose State University),Yi-Chun Wu, and Jim Coleman.