Artistic/Executive Director at Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/Notes in Motion - , New York, United States
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/Notes in Motion creates original dance theatre performances, presents dance education programs in NYC public schools, and community arts-in-education programs. Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre creates original and dynamic dance theatre that raises questions and magnifies humanity through dance. Productions pivot around core themes and through an interplay between athletic and pedestrian motion, activate emotional expression, character, and narrative in a rich and abstract collage. Presenting dance in an immediate, mature, and inclusive way, we engage audiences from start to finish and beckon a response of thought, feeling and soul.Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre a vendor of NYC Department of Education, offers a wide array of dance residency, professional development, interactive performance, and after-school programs that teach modern/creative dance, ballet, jazz, tap, African, hip hop, ballroom, yoga, and more to PreK-12th grades. Programs foster self-discovery, risk-taking, and making connections between different topics, themes, and areas of learning. We aim to provide access to the art form of dance to inspire the next generation of artists, dance appreciators, and creative innovators of all kinds. We have brought arts programs to 75 schools and over 67,000 students in NYC.Our programs have received support from the New York State Council on the Arts; NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs; City Council Members Rosie Mendez, Andy King, and Bill De Blasio; Manhattan Borough President; Credit Suisse; Bank of America; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Bronx Council on the Arts; The Harkness Foundation; and more.