About
I am a dancer, creator, and arts administrator based in Brooklyn, NY. My pronouns are they/them and she/her, use both!
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I graduated from Barnard College with B.A.s in Dance and American Studies. Some people who I trained with and look up to from my time there include, Colleen Thomas, Jodi Melnick, Caroline Fermin, Andrea Weber, and more. I also performed works by Shannon Gillen (VIMVIGOR DANCE), Lacina Coulibaly, Adrienne Truscott, David Dorfman, Caroline Fermin, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Co., and Yvonne Rainer.
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My work, often in collaboration with Noa Weiss, has been presented by The Brooklyn Rail, Pageant, The Tank Theater, Solo/Duo Festival, Pioneers Go East, SERIOUS PERFORMANCE!!!!, The Movement Lab at Barnard College, Motion State Dance Film Festival, WAXworks, and The Brick. Noa and I are 2024-2026 recipients of the Pioneer's Go East NEXT! Fellowship and have received support from MOtiVE Brooklyn. I have also danced for Hope Mohr/Maxe Crandall and Grant Jacoby.
I currently serve as Development Manager of Danspace Project, Managing Director of Donna Uchizono Company and freelance as an artistic administrator for Juliana May, Dolly Sfeir, and more. Previously, I have worked at Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Boston Dance Alliance, and Boston Center for the Arts. I also received my yoga certification in 2020.
Photo by Uila Marx
Artist Statement
Miranda brown & Noa Rui-Piin Weiss
We are collaborators investigating the intersection of choreography, absurdity, and internet culture. Our dance performances are structured like stand-up sets, using light-hearted methods to investigate darker themes like the legitimacy of popular aesthetics and the terror of public failure. We value camp, using it to twist the norms of the proscenium stage and make dance accessible to people who are turned off by “high art.” Queerness guides our creative choices, alongside pleasure and legibility. We are attracted to meme culture – jokes that gain traction from repetition instead of ingenuity. We tip the balances between sincere and ironic, entertaining and cringe-worthy. With technical training primarily in release and postmodern dance, we irreverently steal from the wide array of dance techniques that have passed through our lives. Coming from these dance traditions that value individual artistic genius, we are interested in citing sources and uncovering the absurdity of original thought.
Photo by Uila Marx