Maya Milenovic Workman
Maya Milenovic Workman | |
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| Born | 1959 (age 65–66) Maribor, Slovenia, Yugoslavia |
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| Spouse | Reggie Workman (m. 1977) |
| Children | 1 |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2020) |
Maya Milenovic Workman (born 1959) is a Slovenian choreographer, educator, and filmmaker based in the United States. A 2020 Guggenheim Fellow, she has worked as artistic director of the Montclair Academy of Dance and Laboratory of Music (MADLOM), which she and her husband Reggie Workman co-founded.
Biography
[edit]Maya Milenovic was born in 1959 in Maribor.[1] She went to the London Contemporary Dance School; the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio,[2] where she worked with Cunningham, Ruth Barnes, Chris Komar, and Robert Kovich;[3] and The New School, where she got a Master of Arts degree.[4] In 1977, she met jazz musician Reggie Workman while in Italy;[5] they married in 1985, and they have one daughter.[5]
In a review of Christopher Bannerman's 1985 production "Shadows in the Sun", Jann Parry of The Observer said that Milenovich's "strongly-curving choreography, with its abrupt changes of direction and marked rhythms, was more interesting than the music."[6] In 2011, her production I Hear With My Eyes, which she dedicated to her deaf brother, made its premiere at the Maribor Slovene National Theatre.[7][8] She later produced another special needs-themed production, Guernic 2012, funded by the city of Maribor and the Ministry of Culture.[7]
In 1999, she was hired as dance coordinator at the Montclair State University Preparatory Center for the Arts.[2] She and Reggie co-founded the Montclair Academy of Dance and Laboratory of Music,[1] where she has also served as artistic director.[7]
In addition to several collaborations with her MADLOM students,[8] she directed the 2009 documentary Perfect Blend.[9] She wrote and produced Outcry, a 2020 documentary on her husband.[8]
By 1999, she had won the Slovenian Ministry of Culture Choreography Fellowship Award four times.[2] In 2020, she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Music Composition.[4]
She and Reggie separated in 2005 but have still remained creative partners.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Maja Milenović Workman". Choreographers Directory Slovenia. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "Forecast '99: Workman to Head MSU Dance Division". Daily Record. 24 January 1999. p. F26. ProQuest 438412245.
- ^ "'Reggie Workman Jazz Night' on Saturday in Montclair". The Montclair Times. p. D16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Maya Workman". Guggenheim Fellowship. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ a b c Stieb, Matt (25 May 2020). "Profile: Jazz Musician Reggie Workman Can't Wait to Play: Reggie Workman played with John Coltrane, won a Guggenheim at 82, and is tired of Zoom". New York. ProQuest 2466135265 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Parry, Jann (15 December 1985). "In search of a fragile Giselle". The Observer. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Emling, Shelley (19 September 2011). "Maya Milenovic Workman—Empowering Kids With Special Needs". Patch. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "Maya Milenović Workman". koreografski imenik (in Slovenian). Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Perfect Blend Doc". Maya MW Productions. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
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- Slovenian choreographers
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- American choreographers
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- Slovenian documentary filmmakers
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- Slovenian women film directors
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- American documentary filmmakers
- Film producers from New Jersey
- American women film producers
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- American women film directors
- 21st-century American screenwriters
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- Slovenian expatriates in the United States
- Artists from Maribor
- Entertainers from Montclair, New Jersey
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- The New School alumni