Dance Makers 2021 Program

find yourself wishing the solo would never end.” In 2017, she choreographed and
performed the solo Signal for New Music New College to music by Luciano Berio,
with the Herald Tribune calling the performance “stunning...precise Xuan also the
dance instructor at Parkinson’s Place in Sarasota, and recently has starting her new
position as the associate Director of Sarasota Contemporary Dance Ensemble.
APPRENTICES
Eugenia Titterington graduated from New
College of Florida in 2019 with a B.A. in Literature and
Performance Studies. Her senior thesis, “Performing the
Possibility of Difference: Analyzing Race, Movement,
and Performance in the Works of Pearl Primus and Ira
Aldridge”, investigated the moving body’s ability to
evoke dialogues of collective cultural memory amongst
audiences. She has collaborated as a performer,
choreographer, and movement consultant for Sarasota
Contemporary Dance, The John and Mable Ringling
Museum, New Music New College, Ringling College of Art and Design, and New
College of Florida to name a few. She has been the recipient of the John Ringling
Tower Grant and Andrew W. Mellon Grant. Eugenia was a founding member of SCD’s
professional-training company, SCDE, before she transitioned into her current role as
an apprentice with the company. Alongside her development as an emerging artist,
Eugenia continues to hone her skills in arts administration, serving as the coordinator
for the Andrew W. Mellon grant at New College of Florida.
Samantha Miller was born and raised in
Kendallville, Indiana. In 2013 she moved to Philadelphia
to attend The University of The Arts where she was able
to perform works by Curt Haworth, Douglas Becker,
Esther Baker-Tarpaga, Jen McGinn, Sidra Bell, Robert
Burden, and Lauren Putty-White. Samantha performed in
the Philadelphia Fringe Art Festival in 2015 and received
her BFA in Dance in 2016. After graduating, Samantha
moved to St. Petersburg, FL. There she has worked and
performed with Helen Hansen-French, Lauren Slone, she
is a member of RogueDance Company, and is a teacher and choreographer at the
JeanneLynn Dance Studio. Samantha is excited to continue her dance journey as an
apprentice with the Sarasota Contemporary Dance Company.
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