About GALLIM
GALLIM is a dynamic dance company and home for the exchange of movement wisdom, founded in 2007 by visionary director and choreographer Andrea Miller. GALLIM reaches audiences worldwide through live performances, The School of Movement, and a commitment to the development of new work and collaboration. From its Brooklyn home base to international stages, GALLIM nurtures creative careers, ignites imaginations, and builds community among diverse audiences, artists, and students worldwide.
GALLIM’s critically acclaimed history of national and international performance seasons includes interdisciplinary dance and site-specific works as well as collaborations in film, theater, fashion, music, and brands. GALLIM’s performances and touring include renowned venues such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met Breuer, The Guggenheim Museum, Lincoln Center, The Joyce, BAM, City Center, Jacob’s Pillow, Alice Tully Hall, The Kennedy Center, Spoleto USA, Sadler’s Wells, Royal Opera House, V&A London, Théâtre National de Chaillot de Paris, Grand Theatre de la Ville de Luxembourg, Tanz Bremen, Teatre Grec in Barcelona, Teatros Del Canal, Frieze Festival, Art Basel, Philip Johnson’s Glass House, and Grace Farms. Brand collaborations include Hermès, Calvin Klein, Lacoste, and Vogue. Film credits include working with directors Xavier Dolan, Ariel Shulman, Henry Joost, Ben Stamper, and Bat-Sheva Guez, and with actors Jessica Chastain and Kit Harington.
Landmark GALLIM collaborations include the pandemic-responsive You Are Here, a sculpture, sound, and performance installation for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts performed by artists and community members from every Lincoln Center constituent and New York City borough. Other collaborations include (C)arbon, a three-gallery durational performance installation on the body and its behavior alone, in dual relationships, and en masse at The Met Breuer; Stone Skipping, a site-responsive performance created for The Temple of Dendur at The Metropolitan Museum of Art; and most recently, Miller’s performance response to Antony Gormley’s sculpture Aerial at White Cube.
GALLIM continues to advance its dedication to movement education and community building through the GALLIM School of Movement and Moving Artist Residencies for early career and parent movement artists. The GALLIM School of Movement is a nexus of students, educators, and artists sharing movement knowledge, creative methodologies, and expression through studies in dance training, dancemaking, the collaborative process, film for dance, and professional development.
About Andrea Miller
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 she 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 longtime collaborator Ben Stamper. Her collaborations in fashion and brands include multiple collaborations with Hermès as well as Vogue, Bergdorf 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 an Adjunct Professor at Marymount Manhattan College and Barnard, and guest faculty at The Juilliard School, where she is an alumna.
