ABOUT

IMGE Dance (“image”) is an genre-blurring dance company that unravels traditional forms from Indian and American classical, folk, street styles, and contemporary to reinvent how movement connects our experiences. Their work often navigates themes of belonging and home, multiplicity in identities, and mythic explanations of reality to make audiences think more about how they interact with the world. IMGE was founded in 2017 by Artistic Director Ishita Mili in NJ/NY, and has collected niche artists with unique identities.

IMGE’s work spans theater, commercial, education, and production. They have performed on inter/national stages from Lincoln Center Out-Of-Doors, Battery Dance Festival, Seattle International Dance Festival, to the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival. They’ve designed numerous commercial campaigns and experiences with clients like NBCuniversal, IndoWarehouse, Sona Restaurants, and fashion/lifestyle brands. They have also worked in musical theater including Broadway Bares and Asolo Rep’s “Hair.” The IMGE Methodology has been taught at Princeton University, Gonzaga University, Duke, Rutgers, and more. IMGE is also the produce of the Kinetic Dance Film Festival, Inter(cultural) Dance Day, and the South Asian Performing Arts Summit. IMGE has been featured in Vogue and Vanity Fair and amassed a loyal global fan base with millions of views on their digital content.

 

VALUES

  • Imagining universe we want to live in through movement

  • Unraveling formulated tradition back to the true hybridization that everything is

  • Navigating cyclic existences and layered identities

  • Building connections between communities

  • Confronting what we think we [don't] know about ourselves and the world.

 
 

PILLARS

  1. Artistry

    • Discipline and integrity in technical foundation

    • Individual growth and development for collaborators

  2. Innovation

    • Creating bold and visceral choreography

    • Investigating social, cultural, and environmental narratives

  3. Impact

    • Integrating audiences that normally don’t talk to each other

    • Providing accessible education on IMGE methodology