2020-present
because you came here and sat down
2024
conceived and performed by Kaleena Miller and Laurie Van Wieren
featuring music by Michelle Kinney
lighting: Mark Ruark
sound: Peter Morrow
photos by Dan Norman / video by Calabay Productions
DANCE/MUSIC
2024
an evening of new and reimagined music and dance works in two sets.
premiered at Icehouse in Minneapolis, Feb 2024
featuring JT Bates, Cody McKinney, Kaleena Miller, Bryan Nichols, Aby Wolf and Patrick Voller
with Audrey Bartley, Evan Guffey, Bobby Hamilton, Galen Higgins, Madison Hilligoss, Abby King, Nina Maxwell and Delaina Thill
photos by Calabay Productions
PROXIMITIES
2023
Created and performed by Kaleena Miller and Patrick Voller
Version 1 premiered in Open Studios curated by Benae Beamon at Center for Performance Research - Brooklyn, NY on November 5, 2023
Version 2 presented in Dance/Music at Icehouse - Minneapolis, MN on February 7, 2024
proximities records the sounds of the space we’re in, and amplifies it. The found soundscape combines with a dancer who constructs sonic phrase work in response to/inspired by the rhythms and architecture of the space; a meeting of past, present and future sonics.
photo by Steven Pisano / video courtesy of Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn NY
ELECTRIC COUNTERPOINT
2023
premiered at and commissioned by the Cowles Center in Minneapolis MN
choreography by Kaleena Miller
performed by Audrey Bartley, Bobby Hamilton, Abby King, Nina Maxwell and Kaleena Miller
music composed by Steve Reich, played live by Toivo Hannigan
lighting by Mark Ruark
photos by Bill Cameron
QUARTET
2023
premiered at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis
choreography by Kaleena Miller
performed by Audrey Bartley, Benae Beamon, Madison Hilligoss, Michael J. Love, Nina Maxwell, Kaleena Miller with Bobby Hamilton, Abby King, Emma Parker and Tony van de Ligt
live music by Cody McKinney and Aby Wolf
lighting by Mark Ruark
photos by Dan Norman
FOR BILL & DIANNE
2022
premiered at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis
original cast - Audrey Bartley, Galen Higgins, Abby King, Madelyn Kay Lee Lion and Kaleena Miller
music by Wayne Shorter
additional performance:
at Symphony Space in New York as part of the American Tap Dance Foundation’s Rhythm in Motion concert
New York cast - Benae Beamon, Madison Hilligoss, Michael J. Love and Kaleena Miller
photo by Amanda Gentile
2 IN 3
2021
premiered in American Tap Dance Foundation's virtual Rhythm in Motion concert
choreographed by Kaleena Miller
performed by Audrey Bartley and Kaleena Miller
director of photography Aleutian Calabay
lighting by Mark Ruark
filmed at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, MN