Join Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) and Miami DanceMakers for two culminating days of dance and performance! Inspired by the art in the galleries, six artists will perform new dance works live throughout different gallery spaces.
Miami DanceMakers is an annual six-month project that supports local dance artists in the early stages of their careers by providing them with personal access to Miami’s dynamic professional performing arts network. Each year, PAMM collaborates on this initiative to illustrate the intersection of dance and visual arts while spotlighting Miami’s emerging dance leaders.
Performances
Thursday, October 5 at 7:00 PM
Saturday, October 7 at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM
About Miami DanceMakers
Launched in 2021, Miami DanceMakers (MDM) is an annual six-month professional development and community engagement program that supports emerging Dance Artists by offering a stipend, mentorship, workshops, and networking and performance opportunities.
Each year, six promising dance artists are selected and paired with performing arts organizations in Miami that serve as creative development partners offering in-kind rehearsal space during the creative process. In exchange, MDM artists volunteer behind the scenes to support their partners while simultaneously developing skills in production, arts administration, and community engagement.
The six-month program also includes artistic mentorships, professional development workshops in arts management, and work-in-progress showings for the local community, and culminates with a live performance throughout the galleries of PAMM.
Meet the DanceMakers
Reshma Anwar // The Arsht Center
Reshma Anwar was born and raised in Leipzig, Germany, where she was commissioned to choreograph a solo, “Diversity,” for the 50th anniversary of Leipziger Tanztheater. She graduated from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and attended The Ailey School in New York City subsequently volunteering to teach dance in Jamaica, Haiti, and at the Lotus House Miami. While living in NYC, Anwar worked with Nathan Trice on The Recognizing Women Project and Jacqueline Buglisi on the Table of Silence. In Miami, she danced with Peter London Global Dance, Brazzdance, Pioneer Winter Collective, Alma Dance Theater, and NWD Projects. Anwar holds a Master of Public Administration at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Iman Clark // Sanctuary of the Arts
Iman Clark was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. In 2020, she graduated from Ohio State University with a BFA in dance and moved to Miami shortly after. Clark’s research focuses on the arts and culture of the African diaspora within the U.S., South America, and the Caribbean. Her movement style is a contemporary fusion of Afro-Caribbean dance and improvisation. Over the past year, she has been working with Miami City Ballet as a teaching artist and program assistant within their Community Engagement Department. Clark strives to advocate for the arts and to bring creative accessibility to all communities.
Junior Domingos // Live Arts Miami
Junior Domingos is a Brazilian Artist, choreographer, and dancer who began his studies with circus technique. He is trained in a variety of physical movements including pilates, yoga, ballet, modern dance, jazz, contemporary, ballroom, and capoeira. Domingos has danced for Cia, Claudia de Souza, and Grupo Raça while traveling throughout Brazil. While he lived in São Paulo, he participated in the choreography of Béjart Ballet Lausanne’s “Boléro.” He also worked with Ismael Ivo in Vienna, Austria for the show “No Sacre” at ImpulsTanz and São Paulo. He currently resides here in Florida where he continues his dance studies.
Lauryn LaPread // Miami Light Project
Lauryn LaPread is an African-American Miami-based choreographer and dancer who considers her works to be an experience closer to storytelling than dancing. With a foundation in traditional West African dance, LaPread carried this influence with her throughout her four years at New World School of the Arts college program. After graduating, she went on to teach this same rich West African technique to students in first through fifth grade at Pine Village Elementary. LaPread is always looking for an opportunity to share stories that evoke emotional responses from those who are sharing in the moment.
Nayah Merisier // Armour Dance Theater
Nayah Merisier is a Haitian-American dance artist from South Florida with a BFA from New World School of the Arts (NWSA). She continued her training with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre School, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and the Joffrey Ballet School. While attending NWSA, Merisier performed in Robert Battle’s “Channels,” Ron Brown’s “Dancing Spirit,” Paul Taylor’s “Cloven Kingdom,” and Darshan Singh Bhuller’s “Junun.” Aside from her own choreographic experience, she is trained in classical ballet, modern, and jazz as well as West African, Afro-Caribbean, and commercial dance styles. Mersier strives to provide representation and inspiration for young artists of color and to shed light on the Haitian and Haitian American experience through dance.
Rafael Ruiz-del-Vizo // The Moss Center
Miami-native, dance artist Rafael Ruiz-del-Vizo graduated with a BFA from New World School of the Arts. Amassing over a decade of experience, working alongside many dance artists throughout South Florida, Ruiz-del-Vizo persists in refining his skill for movement research and developing choreography. Inspired to create moments showcasing the intricacies of the human experience, he also draws inspiration from Miami’s diverse cultures, lush geography, and potent spiritual energy. Ruiz-del-Vizo has realized his passion for curating cosmic connections and his purpose in presenting thought-provoking conversations that speak to a global audience aiming toward community progress and peace.
