In this restorative movement improvisation workshop, participants are welcomed come as they are. I will share a three-part practice as a vehicle for self-care, creative expression, and community consciousness. Using a spacious framework built for listening and discovery, we’ll allow our intuition and imagination to guide us into transforming the space within us, between us, and beyond. Rituals for Resilience was developed in collaboration with dance artist Kendra Portier as part of the american / woman project, a multi-year creative endeavor which seeks to platform women dance artists throughout the US and to disrupt traditional power dynamics in the dancer/choreographer relationship through a dancer-centered approach to creative practice.

A native of rural Ohio, Betsy Miller is a dance artist, educator, and facilitator based in Salem, Massachusetts, where she is an Associate Professor of Dance at Salem State University. Her choreography blends improvisational practice, ritual, athleticism, and theatricality through collaborative practices, and has been presented in New York, Ohio, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Iowa, and Texas.
 She has recently presented at the International Association for Dance Medicine Science (Helsinki, Finland), National Dance Education Association (Miami, FL), and TEDxSalemStateUniversity. Miller was a 2017 Bates Dance Festival Emerging Artist, a 2016 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts Choreography Fellow, and a 2019 Next Steps for Boston Dance Awardee. She holds an MFA in Dance from The Ohio State University and a BA in Dance from Connecticut College. Her current project, american / woman, centers on the creation of solos for women dance artists in every state of the country.

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