Propel us into our 24th year of dance making and sharing...

“Selwyn has managed to produce sincere, personal works year after year for two decades—no small feat.” — The New Yorker

This past year, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/Notes in Motion experienced continued growth -- bringing 75 dance education programs throughout NYC. With 45 Teaching Artists working throughout the year, we reached the 177,000-students-reached mark. We practiced and witnessed the enormous power of dance as a healing force in our audiences, in our studios, and in our classrooms. We have come through this pandemic positioned for change.

For our 23rd annual performance season, we began the development of a new evening-length work entitled Habit Formed. Habit Formed unpacks the structured and habitual behavior in our lives. These habits can manifest strength, ease, and freedom and also create limits, boundaries, and affliction. The ultimate journey of the work is a story of discernment, unpacking how we can be empowered by intentional habits and not impaired by them. We shared the work at an open rehearsal, a holiday performance, 4 school performances, and a Season Preview at NYU as part of their Summer Residency Series. We also did a residency at Hofstra University in the Spring of 2023. For the World Premiere of Habit Formed on March 1-2, 2024, we were presented at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center as part of the CUNY Dance Initiative.

Investing in arts and culture is essential. From our inception, we have been driven by the vision that you cannot create dance in the now unless you are thinking about audiences of the future. We need your help to create this vital choreographic work in the now and to serve and support future audiences, many of whom have experienced great learning loss throughout the pandemic. Please consider a monthly pledge of support — you can create an ongoing impact on the landscape of dance and arts education.

Thank you for your support and wishing you health and love.

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