Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre (ASDT)’s acclaimed dance education program, Notes in Motion, offers Community and Family Programs, Events and Performances on evenings and weekends. These programs include multi-cultural workshops in different dance styles and techniques, get moving programs, faculty engagement, professional dance performances from Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre with artist talkbacks, nutrition and lifestyle coaching — interactive learning that multi-generations experience together.
Programs include physical dance classes, small group creative exploration, critical feedback, work sharing, work time, props, costumes, live and recorded music, and writing exercises. Community programs can be linked to community goals, challenges, and social issues, or organized around the process of making dance theatre. Many community programs culminate in a performance presentation created by program participants. For more info, visit https://notesinmotion.org/school-programs/community-events-and-performances/.
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre also performs selections from its rich repertory at its partner schools for school assemblies or as part of a Community Out-of-School Time Program. Some performances are followed by a workshop or discussion about the content of the performance, careers in dance, as well as training, rehearsing, and understanding the process of creating dance. Since 2000, Notes in Motion/Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre has partnered with 219 New York City schools to bring inclusive dance education programs to thousands of underserved 3K-12th grade students throughout all 5 boroughs. Each program is tailored to the specific needs and population of each school, guided by Notes in Motion’s singular approach to arts education: the Movement Exchange Method, which combines technical dance instruction with creative skill building and collaborative learning. Programs foster self-discovery, risk-taking, and leadership development — vital life skills which dance education nurtures by design and that have faltered during the pandemic.
In the 2024-25 school year, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre partnered with 79 schools, offered programs in 34 city council districts, and presented 57 community events, 104 unique school programs, and 5,560 dance class sessions. Through these and other programming, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre taught over 20,000 students last year. For more information, visit https://notesinmotion.org/school-partners/.
“From the inception of Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, I have been driven by the vision that you cannot create dance in the now unless you are thinking about audiences of the future.”
–Amanda Selwyn, Artistic/Executive Director
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