Milo Longenecker
Theatremaker | Movement Artist | Educator
Bio
Milo Longenecker is an actor, movement artist, writer, musician, and educator based in DC/MD by way of NYC. He earned a BFA in Theatre from NYU Tisch, and has been creating, producing, and performing theater in NYC since 2013. He is currently earning his MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland, expecting his degree in 2028.
His performance resume includes roles at The Public Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, The Connelly, Theatre Row, 92NY, Joe’s Pub, and 54 Below. Milo has participated in the development of new works as a performer, deviser, and choreographer at forward-thinking institutions including Labyrinth Theater Company, Pipeline Theater Company, Ars Nova, New York Theatre Workshop, and LaMaMa.
He was the voice of Trans Day of Visibility on Nickelodeon, narrated the audiobook of queer YA fantasy novel These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa, English dubbed a season of Too Hot to Handle: Brazil, and has lent his voice to commercials for Geico, Hot Pockets, Samsung, and more.
Milo’s dance training includes ballet, jazz, modern, contemporary, and tap. He specializes in movement practices that live at the intersection of theatre and dance including Viewpoints, Suzuki, Butoh, and Contact Improvisation. He is known for his impulse-driven movement improvisation work which he applies as an actor to create fully embodied characters, as a choreographer to generate intuitive movement that fluently fulfills aesthetic and storytelling needs, and as a facilitator to inspire performers and students toward the connection between the physical and feeling bodies and awaken their innate compositional and expressive potential.
His facilitation experience includes choreographing The Apple Tree at Pace University’s Sands College of Performing Arts, teaching original workshops like Move/Make (intro to movement research, composition and devising) at IRT Theater, and providing identity-affirming audition coaching for LGBTQIA+ performers.
Milo is also the published author of personal essays on the topics of gender, sexuality, pop culture, and coming of age. (Read his most recently published article here.)
PRODUCTIONS
SHOW ME ETERNITY
ANTIGONICK
SOFT BUTTER
BLISS STREET
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
SKIN FLICK CITY
KING LEAR
QUILTBAG
HEADSHOTS
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IIMAGES COURTESY OF: LPC PHOTO (LEILANI CARR)
Movement
As performing artists, our work begins at the site of the body. When the channel between impulse and action is clear, creativity flows freely and we can express our artistic potential. I practice and teach impulse-generated movement as an integral part of acting, choreography, and self-actualization. Moving from idea to embodiment is what separates performance from other art forms. When we use our human instrument to move energy through the space we share with an audience, we are touching one another even in the absence of physical contact. As performing artists, we move and our audience is moved.
From facilitating movement-based devising processes to directing and choreographing fully staged productions, I empower artists to integrate movement into their performance practices across medium and genre, throughout the entire creative process,
In addition to choreography and movement direction, I also offer workshops and private coachings to fulfill a wide variety of movement and dance needs.
To get yourself or your project moving, reach out via the contact info at the bottom of this page.
MOVEMENT REEL
Contact
EQUITY/THEATRICAL:
Aperture Talent
Ashley Wible: Ashley@aperture-talent.com
ALL OTHER INQUIRIES:
milo.longenecker@gmail.com
VOICEOVER:
Arcieri & Associates
Ed Batchelor: Ed@arcieritalent.com