About: Miguel Gutierrez

Miguel Gutierrez is a choreographer, music artist, writer, educator, podcaster, and Feldenkrais Method practitioner based in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn, NY. He has been described as the “love child of Chita Rivera and Yvonne Rainer.” His work has been presented internationally in over sixty cities. Recent projects include This Bridge Called My Ass, a performance that queers tropes of Latinidad, and SADONNA, his sad-version-of-Madonna-songs cover band. He has received a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship, four NY Dance and Performance “Bessie” Awards, and a 2016 Doris Duke Artist Award. He was in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. He is a guest professor at Princeton University and in Hunter College’s MFA Art program. He works out the feelings laid out in his essay in his new podcast Are You For Sale?, which examines the ethical entanglements between art making and money. miguelgutierrez.org

Articles by Miguel Gutierrez:

• The Grant You Wish You Could Write Jan 13, 2022