Professor Christopher-Rasheem McMillan of the University of Iowa has been selected by the New York University Center for Ballet and the Arts for its prestigious Resident Fellowship.
According to the center's website, "The fellowship provides space, a stipend, and the time to pursue rigorous work. Fellows also gain new colleagues and a broad community of scholars and artists, two communities that do not often meet."
As a scholar and artist himself, McMillan is a perfect fit for the fellowship. He is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the UI Departments of Dance and Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies. His work uses choreography and movement, video, performance, photography, and oral storytelling to explore themes of race, memory, queer desire, religion, and personal and public mythology. He earned an MFA in experimental choreography from the Laban Conservatoire in London, and a PhD in theology and religious studies from King’s College, London.