Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre

Notes in Motion is a dance theatre company made up of Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, producing original dance theatre performances, and Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre, presenting in-school and community arts-in-education programs. Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre creates original and dynamic dance theatre that raises questions, challenges social norms and values, 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 offers a wide array of residency, professional development, and after-school programs that teach dance and yoga skills, choreography, improvisation, interdisciplinary study, and arts appreciation. Our active programs develop creative expression and dance technique while fostering vital life skills such as problem solving, leadership, risk-taking, collaboration, and critical thinking. 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 65 schools and over 22,000 students in NYC. A vendor of the NYC Dept. of Education, we create long-lasting arts partnerships with schools and inspire the greater community of each school with the beauty, magic, and vitality of dance. 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.