Amanda Miller

Amanda Miller commenced her professional training at the North Carolina School of the Arts. She continued her studies in New York while she danced for the Chicago Lyrical Opera Ballet, the Deutschen Oper Berlin and other distinguished companies. In 1984 William Forsythe invited her to Frankfurt and appointed her not only as a dancer but also as permanent Choreographer at the civic ballet ensemble there.
In 1992 Amanda Miller founded her own Company, the Pretty Ugly Dance Company. From 1997 until 2004 her Company was installed at the civic theatre in Freiburg (Baden-Württemberg) under the name Ballett Freiburg Pretty Ugly. Alongside her work with her own troupe, Amanda Miller created ballets for renowned ensembles and founded the company Yummidance in Japan. Increasingly she has addressed herself as well to training others in her work method, and is active worldwide as a teacher.
In 2004 she launched the aid organisation 'Art for Tibet', which supports both people and projects in Tibet.
Amanda Miller has won numerous awards. In 1994 her productions won three prizes at the 'Rencontres Chorégraphiques International de Bagnolet'. In 2004 for her work 'Four for Nothing' she received the leading Dutch accolade for choreography 'The Golden Swan'.
Since January 2005 Amanda Miller has been artistic director of pretty ugly tanz köln.