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JUSTICE MILES
Professor Justice Miles holds an MFA in choreography/dance from the University of New Mexico and a BA in dance from Colorado College. Miles currently teaches choreography, college dance company, focused senior dance project, and beginning dance. Miles’s choreographic and scholarly work has focused on themes of hybridity, blackness, contemporary dance, and elements of flamenco. Miles deeply cares about inclusivity and diversity in the dance field.
In addition to choreographic work, Miles has presented her research on Carmen Amaya and Josphine Baker at the international bilingual conference ‘Ritmos Transatlanticos en Musica, Canto y Baile’ in Veracruz, Mexico, Front Row Member Appreciation Week at the International Association of Blacks (virtually) and the 8th Biennial New Perspectives in Flamenco History and Research Symposium (virtually).
View professor Miles’ artist webpage here.
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Choreographic Works
- Soul of Flowers: A collection of dances embodying flowers and human emotion created as the Music, Race, and Social Justice Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, performed in collaboration with dancers and musical duo Solazur.
- Floral Tea: A dance film and live performance inspired by botanical research created as a Create Award Art Gym Denver Artist in Residence. Excerpts of this work were performed at the Collegium of African Diasporan Dance Conference at Duke University, The Mile High Dance Festival, and Colorado College.
- Ink on Cotton: MFA thesis performance exploring elements of African American history through incorporating elements of flamenco and contemporary dance. Excerpts performed as an emerging choreographer for Dr. Meira Goldberg’s international conference ‘The Body Questions: Celebrating Flamenco’s Tangled Roots’ at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Selected Publications
Miles, Justice. “The modern synthesis of Josephine Baker and Carmen Amaya.” Indigenous, African, Roma and European: Transatlantic rhythms in music, song and dance. Edited by Meira Goldberg and Antonio Pizo (17), Musica Oral de Sur, 2020, 269–301.