ABOUT ADELE MYERS
Photo: Stephanie Anders
"Ms. Myers can indeed shape an onstage world."
- Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times
Adele Myers
Artistic Director
Adele Myers is a Miami based dance maker, educator and Artistic Director of Adele Myers and Dancers (AMD),a national touring contemporary dance theater company made up of athletes of the heart. For over a decade, AMD has been presented throughout the U.S with funding from the New England Foundation of the Arts, National Dance Project, and National Performance Network among others. Since relocating to Miami in 2015, AMD has received commissions from Miami Light Project, Live Arts Miami and The Moss Center. In 2021, Myers launched Miami DanceMakers, an annual professional development program of the company that supports local dance makers at early stages of their careers.
Myers received a BA from Sarah Lawrence College, a One-Year Special Certificate from the London School of Contemporary Dance; and earned an MFA with a focus on Dance Pedagogy and Choreography at Florida State University, and an MA and PhD (ABD) in Performance Studies from New York University. She was an Assistant Professor of Dance at Tulane University and Connecticut College and has taught on faculty at New World School of the Arts in Miami.