2011-2020

2019

premiered at the Cowles Center in Minneapolis, in a shared evening collaboration with BRKFST Dance Company
performed by Audrey Bartley, Noah Brewington, Bruce DeMorrow, Galen Higgins, Madelyn Kay Lee Lion, Kaleena Miller and Molly Stoltz
music by Jo Jones & Milt Hinton and HALEY
lighting by Mark Ruark

photos by Bill Cameron

DUETS

2018

premiered at Everwood Farmstead in Glenwood, WI
conceived and performed by JT Bates, Cody McKinney, Kaleena Miller and Bryan Nichols

additional performance:
at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis
performed by Cody McKinney, Kaleena Miller, Bryan Nichols and Davu Seru

I LOVE HER

2018

premiered at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis
choreography by Kaleena Miller
performed by Audrey Bartley, Noah Brewington, Bruce DeMorrow, Galen Higgins, Madelyn Kay Lee Lion, Kaleena Miller, Molly Stoltz and Megan Wind
music by JT Bates and Grady Tate
lighting by Mark Ruark

additional performance:
excerpt performed at the Cowles Center in Minneapolis as part of the Twin Cities Tap Festival Concert

performance photos by Dan Norman

photos, video and design for marketing by Galen Higgins

NUMB BUMP

2017

premiered at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis as part of Rhythmically Speaking’s annual Concert
choreography by Kaleena Miller
music by Cannonball Adderly

photo by Bill Cameron

SHIFT

2017

premiered at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis
choreography by Kaleena Miller, in collaboration with the dancers
performed by Audrey Bartley, Noah Brewington, Bruce DeMorrow, Galen Higgins, Madelyn Kay Lee Lion, Kaleena Miller and Megan Wind
lighting by Mark Ruark

music:
evening 1 - JT Bates
evening 2 - Leah Ottman & MAKR
evening 3 - Kill the Vultures
evening 4 - Reid Anderson

photos by Dan Norman

video by Nick Schroepfer

HERE NOW

2016

premiered at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis
choreography by Kaleena Miller
original cast - Noah Brewington, Bruce DeMorrow, Galen Higgins, Madelyn Kay Lee Lion, Mara Magistad, Kaleena Miller and Megan Wind.
music by Hands Sand Hands
lighting by Mark Ruark

additional performances:
excerpt performed at the Cowles Center as part of the Twin Cities Tap Festival Concert
excerpt performed at the Southern Theater as part of Kaleena Miller Dance and KMD2 In Concert

photos by Sean Smuda

DOOR WON’T CLOSE

2015

premiered at Southern Theater as part of Gadu | Miller | Jones | Vasudevan
choreographed by Kaleena Miller
performed by Galen Higgins and Kaleena Miller
music by Kendrick Lamar, James Brown and Fred Astaire

photo by Dan Norman

YES YES NO NO

2013

premiered at the Walker Art Center as part of Choregraphers' Evening
choreographed by Kaleena Miller with Galen Higgins
danced by Jessica Fiala, Liz Wawrzonek, Luke Olson-Elm, Kevin Iverson
music by Hand Sand Hands (listen here)

photo by Sean Smuda

REMOVE ONE

2013

premiered at Walker Art Center Sculpture Garden, commissioned by Walker Art Center as part of Momentum @ 10
choreographed by Kaleena Miller
performed by Jessica Fiala, Leah Fox, Kaleena Miller, Lia Spirka and Megan Wind
live music by Eric Carlson, Michael Gunvalson, Patrick Mazurek, Emily Mohrbacher, Jimmy Osterholt and Eben Stine.

photo by Ginger Murray

FLEET

2011

premiered at the Southern Theater, commissioned by Walker Art Center as part of the Momentum series
choreography by Kaleena Miller
performed by Emily Broeker, Aleutian Calabay, Bruce DeMorrow, Alex Eady, Jessica Fiala, Mia Gray-Decker, Galen Higgins, Rachel Freeburg, Kaleena Miller, Brittany Radke, Ned Sturgis and Ashley Valesano
music by The Bad Plus, Robin Pecknold and Four Tet; live accompaniment by Patrick Nelson

additional performance:
at the Walker Art Center as part of their Free First Saturdays

photo by Cameron Wittig