LIBBY MATTMILLER
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND DESIGNER
DANCE PERFORMANCE
I am a trained ballet, contemporary, and jazz dancer with a strong foundation in theatre principles. My movement is rooted in technical precision while remaining expressive and emotionally driven. With experience in both concert and theatrical settings, I approach performance as storytelling; using dynamics, musicality, and character work to bring choreography to life. My training in theatre has strengthened my stage presence, adaptability, and ability to embody narrative through movement, allowing me to seamlessly blend technique with artistry.
The Frug - SPECTRUM
CHOREOGRAPHER: MONIQUE SMITH
COMPANY: JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL
Brand new - Official Music Video
CHOREOGRAPHER: SASHA RASKIN
This work explores the intersection of precision and emotional release, blending grounded movement with moments of dynamic expansion. As a dancer in this piece, I focused on embodying both control and vulnerability, using breath and musicality to drive transitions between sharp, intentional phrases and more fluid, expressive sequences.
Rose is a Rose is a Rose is a Rose (Sleeping Beauty Adaptation) - A MOVEMENT PLAY IN 3 ACTS
CHOREOGRAPHY/DIRECTION: JENNY FITZPATRICK
COMPANY: BLACKBIRD DANCE THEATRE
L’OUVERTURE
CHOREOGRAPHER: BRIDGET CARLY MARSH
DIRECTOR: MAGGIE DEER
Working within this abstract narrative strengthened my ability to perform with intention and emotional clarity, using movement to navigate shifts between fantasy and self-awareness. This piece reflects my interest in storytelling through atmosphere and nuance, where dance becomes a vehicle for exploring memory, desire, and release.
NFFTY OFFICIAL SELECTION 2026
THOMAS EDISON FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE
THE RAVEN - A MOVEMENT PLAY IN 2 ACTS
CHOREOGRAPHY/DIRECTION/: JENNY FITZPATRICK
COMPANY: BLACKBIRD DANCE THEATRE
Choosing to leave her physical life on Earth, Liv arrives at a beautiful garden gate, met by a crying fairy and an ancient caterpillar. She is unsure of how she came to be there, but having followed "the bird" she enters the gate. Waiting for her are eight dolls - living, breathing fragments of herself-each revealing a different truth she has tried to bury. Lurking in the shadows is "the bird"-a ravenlike creature that steals hearts that grow like delicate tomato plants in the beautiful garden. Threatening to scatter the pieces of Liv's identity before she can gather them, Liv must triumph over "the bird" and learn to truly move on.
BLACK VEIL
CHOREOGRAPHER: JENNY FITZPATRICK
COMPANY: BLACKBIRD DANCE THEATRE
Black Veil is inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth. Originally choreographed for Northern Kentucky University's department of dance Black Veil is Jenny Fitzpatrick's first short work for film.
BREAK
CHOREOGRAPHER: LIBBY MATTMILLER
“Break” is built on the backbone of dance and fibers. In the film these mediums are completely intertwined, one is not possible without the other. It touches on the artists inclination to create. I believe this unique approach to understanding contemporary dance concepts is what sets me apart from other artists in the same field.