Amy Miller is a NYC-based facilitator, educator, choreographer and advocate. With a 30-year performing career including the Ohio Ballet, GroundWorks DanceTheater and over a decade as a co-director and dancer with Gibney Company, Miller is now Gibney’s Creative Director of Learning & Leadership building on her long dedication to both artistry and social action by deepening reciprocal exchanges with educational institutions nation-wide.
For nearly 15 years, Miller has worked closely with social workers toward facilitating movement workshops with survivors of gender-based violence, conducted international trainings for artists interested in engaging in social action, and facilitated healthy relationship workshops for young people to raise awareness about the role of the arts in violence prevention. Miller also co-facilitates creative spaces for advocacy alongside Gibney’s ‘Move to Move Beyond Storytellers,’ a group of survivors creating performances to deepen our critical consciousness, witness the power of reclaiming one’s agency, and move toward shared liberation.
She is a facilitation consultant, executive coach and small claims mediator focusing on weaving conflict resolution, nervous system regulation and somatic-based mental health practices into all her offerings. She has held adjunct positions at Bard College, Hunter College, Marymount Manhattan College, NYU Tisch School of the Arts and SUNY Purchase College. Other artist residencies include: University of Akron, National Center for Choreography; Bates Dance Festival; Bowling Green State University; Brigham Young University; Brown University; University of Cape Town; Cleveland State University; DOCH (Sweden); Earl Mosley Institute for the Arts (NYC); Jacksonville University; Kinder HSPVA(Texas); Memphis University; Mimar Sinan University (Türkiye); MUDA Africa (Tanzania), Oberlin College; Ohio University; Texas Christian University; Utah Valley University; Wayne State (Detroit); University of Wyoming.