ASZURE BARTON

ASZURE BARTON is a prolific creator whose dance work has been equated to “watching the physical unfurling of the human psyche” by the US National Endowment for the Arts. She started tap dancing at the age of three and has been creating for as long as she can remember. Her works have been performed on stages throughout the world, including the Palais Garnier, Mariinsky Theater, The Kennedy Center, Studio 54, Lincoln Center, and Sadler’s Wells, as well as in museums and exhibits, such as the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. She has choreographed for theater, film, and opera, including Broadway, notably for the production of The Threepenny Opera. Early in her career, she founded her own project, Aszure Barton & Artists, in order to create an autonomous, interdisciplinary, and collaborative platform for process-centered creation. Aszure has worked with celebrated artists and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jessica Chastaine, Misty Copeland, Alan Cumming, Cyndi Lauper, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Nederlands Dans Theater, Teatro alla Scala, American Ballet Theatre, Sydney Dance Company, English National Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company, and Martha Graham Dance Company, among others. Last year, she premiered a new work (Mere Mortals) at San Francisco Ballet in collaboration with British electronic music producer/DJ Floating Points and mixed media artists Hamill Industries — the first evening-length work created by a woman in SFB’s history, curated by Artistic Director Tamara Rojo. Aszure is also delighted to be the current Resident Artist at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Her latest artistic venture is a collaboration with acclaimed trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire; the two premiered their first work titled B E N D at Kampnagel’s International Summer Festival and plan to tour it internationally over the next few years with the partnership of Pomegranate Arts. Tanz Magazine's Falk Schraiber described its "refusal of categorization" and called it "a collaborative work that also draws its appeal from the fact that two artists who are completely secure in their field playfully unsettle each other.” They also created a full-evening collaboration, Slow Burn, at Hamburg Ballett and will premiere a new collaboration (Join) with the Limón Dance Company later this month. Aszure Barton continues to be an innovator of form, having contributed to an evolution of highly specialized dance and theater companies worldwide. Over the years, she has received a myriad of accolades including a Bessie Award for her work Busk. She was the first Martha Duffy Resident Artist at Baryshnikov Arts and is a recipient of the prestigious Arts & Letters Award, joining the likes of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, and Margaret Atwood. She is also an official ambassador of contemporary choreography in Canada. As an educator, Aszure is creative partner with Boston Conservatory at Berklee College and has built a longtime working relationship with The Juilliard School.​

CHANEL DaSILVA

A native of Brooklyn, NY, CHANEL DaSILVA is a multifaceted artist whose work reflects her deep connection to the transformative power of the arts. As an entrepreneur, choreographer, director, and ARTivist she uses dance as a vehicle for social change and evolution towards a more diverse, just, and inclusive dance industry and society. Chanel is the Co-Founder & CEO of Strategy & New Initiatives for MOVE|NYC| - an arts and social justice organization with the mission of creating greater equity and diversity in the dance profession and beyond. She is also a Choreographer & Director creating new, provocative works that reflect the complexities of what it means to be human. Chanel is also the Founder & CEO of the women’s leadership and empowerment platform, CATAPULT. After being named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts and graduating with her BFA from The Juilliard School, Chanel became a member of the highly celebrated Trey McIntyre Project, based in Boise, Idaho, where she was a muse for the creation of many of Mr. McIntyre’s works. She danced lead roles in his masterpieces Ma Maison - in collaboration with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Sun Road - in collaboration with PBS's "Faces of America" series, Gravity Heroes, and Mercury Half-Life. Chanel was featured on the cover of Dance Magazine with TMP in 2011 and was a part of Brooklyn Academy of Music's "Dance Motion USA", touring throughout Asia with TMP as a cultural ambassador to the United States of America. Upon returning to New York City, Chanel became a member of the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and performed iconic Lubovitch works such as Coltrane's Favorite Things, Transparent Things, and The Black Rose. Throughout her career Chanel has been blessed to dance and tour internationally across Europe, Asia, South America, The Caribbean, and the United States; living the life and career she dreamed of as a young girl. #DanceDidThat. In 2016 Chanel began her career as a choreographer and has since created choreographic works for institutions such as Gibney Company, The Joffrey Ballet, American Repertory Theater, The Juilliard School, Parsons Dance Company, Ballet Memphis, Dallas Black Dance Theater, The Washington Ballet, and Ballet Black among others. She has choreographed and directed music productions for Esperanza Spalding (Twelve Little Spells) and Nathalie Joachim (Ki moun ou ye) and is also a notable repetiteur of the works of Trey McIntyre, having re-staged his ballets on companies and institutions across the nation. Chanel is a widely sought-after educator, mentor, keynote speaker, and consultant having led master workshops and seminars across the nation for institutions such as The Juilliard School, SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Harvard University, New York University, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, The Scottish Ballet, Ballet Hispanico, and New Orleans Ballet Association. Her work has been centered both on dance training & education, as well as professional development & career management for pre-professional dancers, and DEI strategies for Arts Leaders. Over the years Chanel has received recognition from numerous institutions including The Joffrey Ballet Winning Works Choreographic Competition, the Martha Hill Dance Fund Mid-Career Award, a 2011 Princess Grace Award, and the 2008 Martha Hill Prize awarded by The Juilliard School. She is a National YoungArts Winner, was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and was featured on the 2004 PBS Documentary “American Talent”. In 2019 Chanel received an IRNE nomination for Best Choreography for "The Black Clown" which premiered at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA. Chanel attributes her success and longevity in the dance field to the tribe of artists, educators and mentors that opened the doors to the dance industry for her at an early age, including the Bernice Johnson Cultural Arts Center, Creative Outlet Dance Theater of Brooklyn, LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts, The Ailey School, Springboard Danse Montreal and The Juilliard School.

ANDREA MILLER

ANDREA MILLER is a choreographer, artistic director, and founder of GALLIM, an NYC-based dance company dedicated to art, education, and community building, and represented by Opus 3 Artists. A 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. Her works are performed worldwide, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, White Cube, Guggenheim, The V&A, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, BAM, Royal Albert Hall, Sadler’s Wells, Théâtre National de Chaillot, among others. Recent commissions include English National Ballet, New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, A.I.M. By Kyle Abraham, Rambert2, and Ailey II.

Miller is a Guggenheim, Sadler's Wells, NYCC, and Princess Grace Fellow. Her repertory, creative methodology, and dance training are taught through GALLIM’s School of Movement as well as institutions including The Juilliard School, NYU, and Harvard, among others.

Miller is a graduate of The Juilliard School, and serves on the board of Chelsea Factory and The Doris Humphrey Foundation.