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Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre 2026 Winter Intensive

A dynamic 4 days of training at Amanda Selwyn Dance Studio in Tribeca.
January 2-5, 2026 (Ages 16-25) | Register TODAY!

The Winter Intensive will immerse young dancers in a variety of technique classes, company repertory, and a creative process in which participants collaborate to create a new modern dance piece. The program culminates in an end-of-week showing, showcasing the dancers’ growth and artistry. In addition to studio training, lunch-time sessions provide valuable coaching in nutrition, cross-training, audition preparation, and more, equipping dancers with the tools they need for a sustainable and successful career.

Classes include: Modern, Ballet, and Jazz Technique, Conditioning, Yoga, Improvisation, Company Repertory, and Creative/Choreography.

January 2-5 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

4 days: $550

Drop-in Session Pass: $110/day

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre Winter 2026 Intensive

A dynamic 4 days of training at the new Amanda Selwyn Dance Studio in Tribeca.
January 2-5, 2026 (Ages 16-25) | Register TODAY!

Classes include: Modern, Ballet, and Jazz Technique, Conditioning, Yoga, Improvisation, Company Repertory, and Creative/Choreography.

January 2-5, 2026 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

4 Days: $550

Drop-in Session Pass: $150/day

Offerings for Colleges & Universities

Ranging from 1-4 weeks and are custom-designed to meet the needs of each student group. Each program includes combinations of the following formats:

Choreography Workshops
Technique Workshops | Company Class
Arts in Education Workshop

Composition/Repertory Workshops

We are interested in creating opportunities for your students to perform both an original work and a repertory Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre work. Through Selwyn’s unique and collaborative dance-making process, Selwyn will create an original work with the students during our residency period in addition to setting a piece from our rich repertory. Depending on the length of the residency period, Selwyn can set shorter or longer works on students and likewise, develop original material that is resonant of the strengths of the dancers in the program.

Choreography Workshops

In Choreography Workshops, Selwyn will work with students on developing their own short choreographic studies with clear motifs, well-constructed phrasing, musicality, originality, and a strong theatrical point of view. She will also work with students on how to build out movement material into a larger work exploring pattern, repetition/theme and variation, use of solos, duets, group work, abstraction and narrative, design elements, character/environment, and dramatic arc.

Technique Workshops | Company Class

Selwyn and her company of dancers will teach students Company Class with a rigorous center warm-up, across the floor exercises, and center phrase work that develops technical clarity, strength, flexibility, agility, precision, performance quality and personal expression, and skills to master the coordination, movement memory, and athleticism required for her choreography.

Arts in Education Workshops

In addition to presenting innovative dance works, Amanda Selwyn has been bringing arts-in-education programming to 3K-12th graders in the NYC Public Schools for 24 years. In our Notes in Motion Arts-in-Education Workshops, we will emphasize ways in which your students can develop as teachers to build out their career and make a living in the field of dance. Workshops will explore engaging approaches to classroom management, culminating events, connecting dance to other aspects of the school curriculum, collaborating with classroom teachers, assessing students learning, practice teaching, and studying and analyzing the dance standards as outlined in the NYC Department of Education’s Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts The students will be able to connect with their passion for dance and develop leadership skills that can be applied throughout their dance careers.

Residencies

Hofstra University Dance Residency

September – November 2025

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre is setting an excerpt of our recent premiere, Awaken, on the talented dance majors at Hofstra University. Our 3-month dance residency culminated in a performance on November 2025.

January – April 2023 | Video

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre had the privilege to set an excerpt of our recent premiere, Threads, on the talented dance majors at Hofstra University. Our 3-month dance residency culminated in a performance on April 28, 2023.

Peridance Summer Workshop

June 26-30, 2023 | Monday-Friday 4-5:30 p.m.

Our Workshop Series at Peridance included a blend of Modern Dance technique, company repertory, improvisation, and collaborative dance making. Exercises and repertory phrase work focused on executing movement with physical clarity, intentional initiation, dynamic flow of energy through the body, compelling dynamics, and surprising rhythmic structures. We explored working with props and creating movement guided by emotional expression.

CUNY Dance Initiative BMCC Tribeca Performance Arts Center

Choreography Workshop:
Habit Formed Motifs and Structures

February 21, 2024

In this Choreography Workshop, Selwyn and her company of dancers will introduce some of the over-arching movement motifs that weave throughout Habit Formed. Then, she will guide students to develop short choreographic studies that explore these motifs and add their own nuance, musicality, and point of view. Students will share their creations and In this collectively, we will explore how these different studies can be combined into different patterns to create a larger work of choreography. Students should come prepared to move, to be creative, and to collaborate with one

Temple University

Choreographing Landscapes

A Master Class on Movement Making with Props and Scenery
Thursday, April 4, 2019 1-2:30 p.m.

Objective: To discover new ways of generating movement vocabulary and choreographic intent/focus/interest by working with objects/props/scenery

SUNY New Paltz

Collaborative Dance Making and Expressive Skill Building

Saturday, September 30, 2023 10-10:45 a.m

18 Cragswood Road New Paltz, NY

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre led a 45-minute Workshop for the New Paltz Dance Association at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 30 on the property of our Dance on the Pond performance at 18 Cragswood Road in New Paltz, NY. The workshop will include a Technical Warm-Up and Collaborative Dance Making. Exercises will emphasize clarity, initiation, performance quality, and personal expression. Following the technique work, Selwyn will lead collaborative dance-making activities in which students unpack motifs to create movement sequences with clear dynamics and a strong theatrical point of view.