MSP 141: Adele Myers

Adele Myers is a Miami based dance maker and Artistic Director of Adele Myers and Dancers (AMD), a national touring contemporary dance theater company made up of female athletes of the heart. For over a decade, AMD has been presented throughout the U.S with funding from the New England Foundation of the Arts, National Dance Project, and National Performance Network. Since relocating to Miami, she received commissions from Miami Light Project, Live Arts Miami and South Miami Dance Cultural Arts Center.

Adele received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, a One-Year Special Certificate from the London School of Contemporary Dance; and earned an MFA with a focus on Dance Pedagogy and Choreography at Florida State University, and an MA and PhD (ABD) in Performance Studies from New York University. She was an Assistant Professor of Dance at Tulane University and Connecticut College and has taught on faculty at New World School of the Arts in Miami.

PODCAST INTERVIEW LINKS 

Sarah Lawrence College 

Viola Farber

Pina Bausch

Joy Kellman

Florida State University – Dance

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

Tulane University – Dance

NYU Performance Studies Program

Connecticut College Dance

NEFA

NPN

Rosie Herrera

NDP Grant

South Miami-Made Cultural Arts Center

New World School of the Arts – Dance