Articles written by Ellen Miller

Dancers rehearse for the closing performance of Merián Soto’s exhibition last January celebrating her 25 years at Temple University. Marion Ramírez is center. Soto is to the right, overseeing the rehearsal and also participating. Each dancer is dressed in colorful, casual exercise clothing and holds a long branch vertically along their body, arms raised above their head and branch extended into the sky. From her vantage point, Soto is slightly removed; she is smiling.

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Dancer, choreographer, video artist, and teacher Merián Soto has had a storied

Invitation to Joy

The curtain opens on Century, choreographed by Amy Hall Garner, to

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Ellen Miller (she/her) is a dancer, poet, and mixed-media artist based in Queen Village. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of thINKingDANCE.

Ellen Miller

Ellen Miller (she/her) is a dancer, poet, and mixed-media artist based in South Philadelphia. She has danced locally with International Ballet Exchange, exhibited in group shows at the Plastic Club and Icebox Gallery, and has danced in Philly’s Fringe Festival. Ellen spent a year living in Florence, Italy, as an Artist-in-Residence at Santa Reparata International School of Art, where she worked primarily in film photography. Prior to moving to Philadelphia she was a company dancer with Momentum Dance Company, a resident company of the Irving Arts Center in Irving, TX.

Ellen is a seasoned social impact communications strategist and writer with a decade of experience across journalism, nonprofits, and higher education. She got her start in the nonprofit space as an AmeriCorps volunteer with Reading Partners in Dallas. Ellen is the co-founder of the gender equity collaborative The Reclaim and volunteers locally with the Magic Gardens. She holds a bachelor’s degree from American University in Washington, D.C. and a master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, if you’re into those kinds of credentials.

Learn more about her multipotentialities at www.emm-multitudes.com and feel free to follow her very inactive Instagram @emm.multitudes.