Artist-in-Residence: Sam Aros-Mitchell
Rosy Simas Danse welcomes back artist-in-residence in three thirty-one space Sam Aros-Mitchell.
Sam Aros-Mitchell is an enrolled member with the Texas Band of Yaqui Indians. As an art-maker, dancer, and scholar, his work spans the disciplines of performance, sound/light/scenic design, choreography, and embodied writing. In May of 2023, Sam presented his work for Red Eye Theater's New Works 4 Weeks Festival 2023, along with cohorts Rebecca Nichloson, Margaret Ogas and Atim Opoka. In that work, titled Ania Bwia Bwia Toochia, Aros-Mitchell reflected on the connection between the Southwest, his body, and his ancestors. Invoking sound and movement, the piece explored the human relationship to the natural worlds, or aniam. Aros-Mitchell holds a Ph.D. in Drama and Theater from the joint doctoral program at UC San Diego/UC Irvine, an MFA in Dance Theatre from UC San Diego, and a BFA in Dance from UC Santa Barbara. Aros-Mitchell is a 2023 McKnight Dance Fellow.
