Misnomer
What We Do
Misnomer Dance Theater represents and books high-caliber dance artists for dance performances across the United States.
More About Misnomer
Under the leadership of artistic entrepreneur Chris Elam, Misnomer works with artists who create experimental, unexpected, and powerful ways for artists and audiences to create and find meaning together.
Flash Mob Style Performances
Considering hiring a flash mob style dance performance for a company, marketing or personal event?
Visit BookAFlashMob.com or call 855-461-1664 to speak with our award-winning flash mob experts about how to hire a flash mob performance with our roster of professional flash mob choreographers, dancers and producers.
Learn how Misnomer supports dance and performing artists through professional flash mob performances.
Reviews
“A true original… Mr. Elam is one of the most individualistic of modern dance voices today”
– John Rockwell, The New York Times
“Absurd and poignant… wonderfully strange and unpredictable choreography.”
– Brian Seibert, The New Yorker
“Chris Elam’s Misnomer Dance Theater hit town with a force I haven’t seen since the early days of Mark Morris.”
– Elizabeth Zimmer, The Village Voice
Misnomer Spotlights & News
Bjork collaborates with Misnomer
The New York Times names Misnomer in its’ TOP TEN PERFORMANCES of the year
Watch Misnomer’s TEDx performance and talk
Sundance features Misnomer with a mini-documentary about our creative process
Misnomer performs and Chris Elam speaks at FORTUNE Tech conference
Apple produces a mini-documentary about Misnomer’s collaboration with Tronic
Business Week features Misnomer’s artistic work with motion capture.
The New York Times writes a full-page feature on Misnomer
Crain’s New York Business features Misnomer’s innovative corporate performances, workshops & talks
Artistic Director, Chris Elam
Chris Elam is a critically-acclaimed choreographer and arts technology entrepreneur. He is the Founder of Misnomer.org, and its artists support programs: BookAFlashMob.com, GoSeeDo.org, and SwiftfootProductions.com.
Chris Elam’s choreography has toured to over 350 theaters in fourteen countries, and has been expressed through numerous of artistic collaborations, including projects with Bjork, Sundance and the Danish Dance Theatre.
A passionate advocate for the effective use of technology for audience engagement in the arts, Elam initiated the development of the GoSeeDo arts booking platform, which has provided jobs for over 20,000 artists, and is a frequent speaker on the subject at many of the country’s foremost arts, business and technology conferences, including Fortune Magazine‘s Brainstorm: TECH, Carnegie Mellon’s’ Technology in the Arts and TEDx. On behalf of this work, Elam has successfully secure and stewarded competitive grant awards from top foundations, including The Rockefeller Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and The Doris Duke Foundation.
In addition to his own choreography, Elam’s dance successes include securing contracts and producing dance, theatre and music events for over 500 major companies, including over 10% of the Fortune 500.
Non-Profit Arts
As a nonprofit service, all proceeds go to producing unique, artistic surprises, creating new opportunities with over 30,000 artists worldwide.
