Gallim Dance's Andrea Miller Is Taking on an Important Role at the Met Museum

April 24, 2017

NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has long had an impressive collection of still-life art about dance (much of it by a little-known fellow named Edgar Degas). But The Met as a hot dance performance venue? That’s a pretty new thing—and a very, very awesome thing.

Last fall, as we were prepping to shoot our cover story on Andrea Miller‘s gorgeous Gallim Dance, the company gave a beautiful, innovative performance in The Met’s Temple of Dendur. And now the museum has named Miller one of its 2017-18 Artists in Residence. That’s especially major because Miller is the first-ever choreographer to hold the AIR title.

So, what does being a Met AIR mean? Next season, Miller will create several works that take advantage of The Met’s iconic spaces—the first of which, Stone Skipping, will be performed back at the Temple of Dendur in October. You can find more info about the performance here.

Gallim’s dancers won’t be the only ones performing at The Met next season. Further solidifying its commitment to live dance, the museum has announced that choreographers Faustin Linyekula and Eiko Otake will also create pieces for its various spaces, and that Monica Bill Barnes’ fabulous Museum Workout will return for another run (literally).

How cool is that?