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Sam Aros-Mitchell, who performed earlier in his career as Sam Mitchell, is an American choreographer, dancer, and scholar. He is an enrolled member of the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians.[1]
Career
[edit]Aros-Mitchell appeared with Ballet Santa Barbara in The Triumph of Terpsichore in 2006. Felicia M. Tomasko, writing in the Santa Barbara Independent, described Mitchell and Eduardo Cueto as "strong partners".[2]
Aros-Mitchell interpreted the Yaqui Deer Dance in Dee(a)r Spine (2014), a dance theater piece created at the University of California, San Diego. Mitchell and dramaturg Julie Burelle published an article about the work in Dance Research Journal in 2016.[3]
Aros-Mitchell's MFA work included Dunamis Novem, a 2015 collaboration with physicist Ray Simmonds of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Physics World reported that Mitchell developed dance actions corresponding to nine quantized energy levels of a harmonic oscillator.[4][5]
Aros-Mitchell began working with Rosy Simas Danse in 2017 as a performer, teacher, and community engagement organizer.[1] He performed in she lives on the road to war at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis in 2022.[6]
His solo Ania Bwia Bwia Toochia was presented at Red Eye Theater in Minneapolis in 2023. The Star Tribune described the work as exploring the relationship between humans and the natural world.[7]
As a 2023 McKnight Dancer Fellow, Aros-Mitchell collaborated with Dante Puleio of the José Limón Foundation for the McKnight SOLO program.[8] Their work involved restaging the Indio solo from Danzas Mexicanas and the Deer solo from The Unsung.[8]
In April 2026, Aros-Mitchell was an artist-in-residence with the Indigenous Performing Arts Residency at the University of California, Berkeley.[9] He also created Wish | Body | Trace for Northwestern University's Danceworks.[10]
Education and scholarship
[edit]Aros-Mitchell received a BFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an MFA in Dance Theatre from the University of California, San Diego. He earned a PhD in Drama and Theatre through the joint doctoral program of UC San Diego and the University of California, Irvine.[1]
His publications include "Dee(a)r Spine: Dance, Dramaturgy, and the Repatriation of Indigenous Memory", with Julie Burelle, and "Playing Indian, between Idealization and Vilification: Seems You Have to Play Indian to be Indian", with Rosy Simas.[11]
Jacqueline Shea Murphy's Dancing Indigenous Worlds: Choreographies of Relation identifies Aros-Mitchell among scholars publishing in Indigenous dance studies and discusses his work on Dee(a)r Spine.[12]
Aros-Mitchell is Online Editor of Theatre Journal.[13]
Fellowships and grants
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Sam Aros-Mitchell". Jerome Foundation. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ Tomasko, Felicia M. (16 March 2006). "Debut Ballet". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ Mitchell, Sam; Burelle, Julie (April 2016). "Dee(a)r Spine: Dance, Dramaturgy, and the Repatriation of Indigenous Memory". Dance Research Journal. 48 (1): 41–54. doi:10.1017/S0149767715000546.
- ↑ Johnston, Hamish; Banks, Michael (31 July 2015). "Faraday explodes in court, NIST is entangled in dance, and Oliver Sacks' periodic table". Physics World. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "What is Quantum Physics? Dancers Explain". National Institute of Standards and Technology. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ Regan, Sheila (2022). "Dancing Toward Peace and Healing". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ Regan, Sheila (24 May 2023). "Critics' picks: The 10 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week". Star Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Sam Aros-Mitchell". McKnight Artist Fellowships for Dancers and Choreographers. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "Sam Aros-Mitchell, IPAR Artist-in-Residence". University of California, Berkeley. 20 April 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "Danceworks 2026: Semiquincentennial". Northwestern University. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ Simas, Rosy; Aros-Mitchell, Sam (2019). "Playing Indian, between Idealization and Vilification: Seems You Have to Play Indian to be Indian". American Indian Culture and Research Journal. 43 (4): 133–140. doi:10.17953/aicrj.43.4.simas-mitchell.
- ↑ Shea Murphy, Jacqueline (2022). Dancing Indigenous Worlds: Choreographies of Relation. University of Minnesota Press.
- ↑ "People". Theatre Journal. Johns Hopkins University Press. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "FY 2025 Cultural Expression Grantees". Minnesota State Arts Board. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "Announcing the 2025–2028 Jerome Hill Artist Fellows". Jerome Foundation. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "FY 2026 Creative Individuals Grantees". Minnesota State Arts Board. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
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