2005 Distinguished Alumna Award
Tiffany Mills, B.A. (1992)
(From Ledger Lines, January 2005)

Tiffany Mills received her B.A. in dance from the University of Oregon Robert D. Clark Honors College, and an M.F.A. in choreography from Ohio State University.
In New York City, Mills immediately formed a core of dancers to explore choreography, and they incorporated in 2000 as the Tiffany Mills Company. To build work, Mills has collaborated with contemporary composers, designers, and filmmakers. The Company’s most recent project is a trilogy of Tiffany Mills/John Zorn collaborations. The first two pieces premiered at the Guggenheim Museum Works & Process Series, the third will make its West Coast premiere at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s Time Based Arts Festival in September 2005. Mills worked as a choreographer on an independent film directed by Amos Kollek, starring Audrey Tautou (2002).

Called “one of the real talents of the emerging generation” by the Village Voice, and “Smart, fresh, and accomplished” by the New York Times, Mills’ choreography has been produced at a variety of venues in New York, including the Guggenheim Museum Works & Process, Symphony Space Dance Sampler, and Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Series, among many others.