BLUSH

GALLIM at Chelsea Factory

BLUSH
By Andrea Miller

April 26 & 27, 2022 at 7:30 PM ET
April 28 & 29, 2022 at 7:00 PM & 9:30 PM ET
April 30, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET

Performance time: 60 Minutes, no intermission

BLUSH is the 2009 pioneering piece of dance artistry that continues to grow and follow the evolution of its creator, Chelsea Factory Resident Artist Andrea Miller. Expanding one of the most elusive and involuntary human expressions—the blush—into a sixty-minute flood of emotional rawness and physical exertion, BLUSH is an intimate work that mines human physiology to its most mysterious depths. Set in a boxing-like arena, the piece continually reveals new ways in which the human body is too complex, too unfathomable to put into words or to solve with conventional logic. Performed fearlessly by GALLIM dancers, who translate into movement discoveries about our earthly bodies that cannot be expressed in any other fashion.

"The dancers perform so urgently, so intently about things that, while hard to verbalize, are so essential to our being - that it's hard to leave the show without feeling changed.”

-Tim Martin, Dance Europe

Production Credits
GALLIM Artists | Marc Anthony Gutierrez (Apprentice), India Hobbs, Christopher Kinsey, Prince Lyons, Oscar Ramos, Evan Sagadencky, Georgia Usborne (Rehearsal Director), Naoki Yogi (Apprentice)
Lighting Design | Vincent Vigilante
Costume Design | Jose Solis
Music | Mannyfingers, Andrej Przybytkowski, Chopin, Kap Bambino, Arvo Pärt, Wolf Parade
Production Manager | 2022, Olivia Brown

About GALLIM
GALLIM is a Brooklyn-based, multi-disciplinary production company dedicated to art, education, and community building for a diverse, inclusive, and accessible world. GALLIM nurtures creative careers and stimulates the imagination of worldwide audiences through continual innovation in dance, theater, film, and the visual arts. With programs ranging from residency space grants to performance opportunities, GALLIM aims to bring artists, audiences, and students closer to new opportunities for expression through movement. 

About Andrea Miller
Andrea Miller is a choreographer, creative director and artistic director of internationally renowned multi-disciplinary production company GALLIM, working in live and digital movement expression and education. Miller's works for theater, film, fashion, and dance have been described “as ancient as they are ultra modern.” A Guggenheim, Sadler’s Wells, and Princess Grace Fellow, Miller is the first-ever choreographer to be named Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in 2017 she was featured in Forbes magazine for entrepreneurial leadership in the arts. 

Miller is currently working deeply in film and site-specific work, and recently conceived of You Are Here, a sound, sculpture, and performance installation for Lincoln Center with 25 community members processing the pandemic through breath, music, theater and dance. Her films and dance works have been screened/performed worldwide at venues including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Art Basel, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, The Joyce, Jacob’s Pillow, BAM, Royal Albert Hall, Sadlers Wells, Chaillot de Paris, and more. Recent commissions include New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, Pennsylvania Ballet, Rambert 2, Alvin Ailey 2, and The Juilliard School.

Miller is an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College and guest faculty at The Juilliard School. Her repertory, creative methodology, and dance training are taught across the country. 

Please plan to arrive no later than 30 minutes prior to the performance start time to allow for vaccination checks, security screenings, and seating.

Health and Safety Protocols
Chelsea Factory will be implementing the following procedures to help ensure the health and safety of our patrons, staff, and artists:

• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination

• Masks worn at all times inside Chelsea Factory

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