https://www.aremoves.com/events-calendar daily 0.75 2018-02-18 https://www.aremoves.com/work daily 0.75 2016-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/572a77704d088e15d92ee8f5/1475117124563-5VZTW3RSX4DRBLBPQPDZ/Stocksy_txp824ffa5crXt000_Large_934910.jpg Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1518902887802-HQIT9ECJCPVJ3G5M0DNZ/15380524_10210318473390596_2227284910965049066_n.jpg Work https://www.aremoves.com/index-aria daily 0.75 2025-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58865db49f745650bf5a134a/1485446157468-DWBO501KDR6US2JE1D6P/04_20160720S1_334.jpg Home https://www.aremoves.com/projects daily 0.75 2026-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/dd2455a9-3620-412c-bbd6-6e4a7aa11770/BloodOrange_DMNT-19.jpg Projects - Blood Orange By Abigail Duclos Directed by Vernice Miller Associate Directed and Choreographed by Amelia Rose Estrada Produced by Et Alia Theater at A.R.T/New York (2025) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/fb391134-b8eb-4faf-ac98-8a692b9cfe2d/editDSC00034-Enhanced-NR.jpg Projects - Spanky “Spanky” is a devised choreo-play that wrestles with issues of identity, family, and queer love. Dramaturgically grounded in stories from my tía Patricia’s life, this performance draws on dance, theater, and performance art practices to examine the experiences of Latina lesbians in the 1970s and 80s. Directed/Choreographed by Amelia Rose Estrada Performed by Andrea Muñiz, Angel Ramirez, and Amelia Rose Estrada Workshop: Arrow Street Arts, Cambridge, MA (2024) Co-presentation Series: Dance Place, Washington, DC (2025) [click title to see excerpts] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/ace872a3-abba-4960-b8b7-cc195ddf6ad8/042325_SanctuaryCity_TC050.JPG Projects - Sanctuary City By Martyna Majok Directed by Amelia Rose Estrada Presented by the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies at Tufts University (2025). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/f50942e4-420c-4a08-a96b-fb7d03a873f3/IMG_5708.jpg Projects - Salsa sin Salsa Co-Created by Amelia Rose Estrada and Gabriel Mata Premiere: The Latinx Movement Festival, Washington, DC (2024) (click title for video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/62d02f9c-21b8-4fcc-9e1e-37b90840da82/20240615_Queer+Mvmnt+Fest-012.jpg Projects - Conditions Of Undress Co-choreographed and conceived by Amelia Rose Estrada and Gabriel Mata Premiere: queer mvmt fest, San Diego, CA (June 2024) Commission: Dance Place, Washington, DC (2025) (click title for video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/860eef68-6aea-46ef-867a-660e0f01df0c/Papaya+400x600.png Projects - PAPAYA Directed and Choreographed by Amelia Rose Estrada and Elle Jansen Music Direction by Cooper Evelo Live music by bog berries Premiere at The Rockwell Theater (2024) (Click titled for video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/176d37bb-8aba-49ef-9375-df174f93f4ae/Twelfth_Night_The_Musical_0319_WEB_SIZE_DO_NOT_PRINT.jpg Projects - Twelfth Night: A Musical Adaptation Co-Directed and Choreographed by Amelia Rose Estrada Presented by the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at Tufts University. Adapted by Kwame Kwei-Armah & Shaina Taub. Music and lyrics byt Shaina Taub (2024) (click title to see video) Photo by Maggie Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/49bea5a6-d435-4757-84e1-6bbdfe7980a9/como+7-min.png Projects - Como Las Hortensias Como Las Hortensias (Like the Hydrangea Flowers) explores themes of Dominicanidad, intergenerational relationality, and the laboring Caribbean woman through the story of my grandmother, Minica’s, life. This is an in-process work currently under development. Presented by Hogfish Farm-to-Stage Series and SPACE Gallery (2023) (click on title for video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/a8bff5fd-d44c-40da-8f4b-d8a51e3e9891/CarmXn-OpeningNight_MBrockington8J6A4920.jpg Projects - CarmXn Presented by Hogfish (2023) Directed By Edwin and Matt Cahill Co-Choreography by Lindsey Bourassa and Amelia Rose Estrada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1518923108691-39SF5PMXJ71DA3O5GPOQ/18268601_10211665586507582_8525455268090846930_n.jpg Projects - In Times Of Choreographed by Amelia Rose Estrada (2017) Musical Composition by Jong Seok Lee Performed by Shakea Alston, Amelia Estrada, Sophie Gray-Gallaird, Marion Kudla, Gabe Hearn-Desaultes, Ian Palmer, Nora-Simon Thorne (click on title for video) https://www.aremoves.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1692465331302-RTG3TWGYMMMJB69EAXV1/FarmToStageSpaceGallery_MBrockington8J6A9936.jpg Contact https://www.aremoves.com/bio-1 daily 0.75 2026-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1bc432fd-61be-40f4-bb4c-4dffe3c6fb41/FarmToStageSpaceGallery_MBrockington8J6A0022.jpg Resume - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Meredith Brockington Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/05e7b729-9f62-4b24-aff3-2f796a576dfc/Hogfish-Kegs%26RosesS23_MBrockington8J6A8662.jpg Resume - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Meredith Brockington Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/0a9bbedf-0932-4b6a-9c09-7c4d77ee4829/IMG_6845.JPG Resume - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Olivia Moon Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/16ff8128-6ce5-4eed-ab59-521dff9ca6e6/4.+CarmXn-OpeningNight_MBrockington8J6A4392.jpg Resume - Make it stand out Photo Credit: Meredith Brockington Photography https://www.aremoves.com/bio daily 1.0 2024-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1692738910540-67BKPWMPSJ6QKKVRH6Z0/FarmToStageSpaceGallery_MBrockington8J6A0164.jpg About Me https://www.aremoves.com/melle daily 0.75 2025-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/89113961-05b0-4661-8c94-05db7c237c62/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-190.jpg MELLE. - Projects “PAPAYA,” An evening length collaborative performance with bog berries (click for video) -2024 “kiss,” Eventual Cabaret and Bodies that Matter by Mobius- 2023 “bite,” a queer dance film - 2022 “miel,” 7mpr, NYC - 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/035a349b-66d7-4c27-8833-63fc441eb338/Wip+Pic.jpg MELLE. - Curation Boston Work-in-Progress {installment 3}, SomArts Space (2025) ArtBeat Dance Showcase, Somerville Theater (2024) Boston Work-in-Progress {installment 2}, SomArts Space (2024) Boston Work-in-Progress {installment 1}, Tufts University (2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1686837984996-QNL3HLJWHKL6WPY1ETHT/egg+2.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752863910807-OH2JQM99KO3PYZE5OC3F/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-213.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752863691054-OKNAFMMAIKG7693R2QE2/PAPAYA.png MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752863917561-8OHVUVIR0BRT1N8LNIPQ/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-186.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752864119451-8LBBW4ELQQWV9TFDNCOJ/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-222.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1686837993909-1K9P1LNF3W0IPFGNG1XD/egg+11.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1686838003196-AEL7F96RIBKA2BZ0XC4K/bite.png MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752863910792-RMDDNSPZHDJ2A89V9A2I/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-223.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1686838034970-YA9D7ZSZR542HNZHA3K4/DSC01679.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752864116042-51B2PL4K7H7BM4FWOKOA/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-190.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1686860465639-R9R45WEHBE27ZEW1OPX7/egg+15.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752863919798-4AIV0DES6LFTTR5PDPO3/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-29.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1686838012500-ZQNM8HW1IJ4DTYCSABOH/cab+16-min.png MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752864121551-SZJGFZO4B9BZ8P4UCRWJ/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-117.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752864122261-4LMFX7EBFT3S0NIY1ZLR/062924_Papaya_Melle_oliviamoonphotography-58.jpg MELLE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/1752868908133-YFC4PCHRLWJO4T2M656U/Papaya_19.jpg MELLE. https://www.aremoves.com/artist-statement daily 0.75 2025-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a886ea1e45a7c673463e398/99761b07-21c6-4dce-81bb-539aa344395a/20240615_Queer+Mvmnt+Fest-017.jpg Artist Statement - Artist Statement I learned to dance merengue in my kitchen with my Dominican grandmother. At this point in her advanced dementia, she could not remember my name or how to use utensils, but merengue lived in her bones. I listened to her hips—absorbing the rhythm and choreographic pattern without any need for verbal communication. These dances taught me about the intimacy of bodies, culture, and politics. Growing up in the diaspora as a Dominican-Cuban-Jewish queer woman, memories like this became core to my artistic identity. For me, dancing merengue is a conjuring. It becomes a site of belonging for diasporic people while also recalling a complex history of resistance, dictatorship, migration, and power. I begin with merengue because it grounds me in the ways performance appears in our daily lives. It reminds me that art and life are in constant, never-ending conversation. At the core of my artistic practice, I am a storyteller interested in how performance functions as a cultural and societal tool. While the container changes, be it a play, dance, or devised production, I am intent on creating performances that allow us to more deeply connect to community, challenge people to think from different perspectives, and spark conversations about politics, society, and culture. I am particularly passionate about projects that address issues of gender, diaspora, ancestral memory, queerness, and/or Latinidad. Guided by women of color feminism I look to alternative archives—our kitchens, our ancestors, our communities, and our flesh—as places of creation. I believe performance provides a critical space for experimentation where we can rehearse our present realities and collectively dream alternative, more liberatory worlds.