artistic director Amanda Selwyn founded Notes in Motion Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre in 2000 and in ten seasons, has directed eighteen productions, led the company workshop, developed a network of artists, and created the curriculum for Notes in Motion Outreach Dance Theatre’s arts-in-education programs. Amanda’s choreographic works include: Undercurrent, Hearsay, Interiors, Disturbance, Salut, Tilt, Tidal, Shift, Siren, Contradicting Unity, Save My Spot, Hold On, Momentum, and Behind Us. She has choreographed dance for Chicago's Motivity, a collective of modern choreographers; for theatre productions including House on Mango Street, Free to be You an Me, Once Upon a Mattress, The Wiz, Little Shop of Horrors, and Charlie & The Chocolate Factory; and for her original theatre productions which include Herland, Yellow Feather, and Slitting the Clouds. In addition to her choreographic work, Amanda has directed off-broadway theatre in NYC at John Houseman Studio, 30th Street Theatre, Grove Street Theatre, Kraine Theatre, Center Stage, and the Producer’s Club. Amanda teaches dance and theatre to New York City children and has been on faculty at independent schools including The Brearley School, Brooklyn Friends School, Beit Rabban School, Solomon Schechter School, and the New Acting Company. In addition, she has taught dance composition and technique at the Berkshire Institute for Music and Art. Amanda taught dance and theatre in Israel at the Israel Museum, English Village, and the Arad Community Center. Amanda led the workshop “Accessing Inspiration for Dance-Making” at the NYC Arts-in-Education Roundtable's 2007 Face to Face conference and "Teaching a Choreographic Process" at the 2008 conference. She presented her choreography at NYU’s Women and Theater conference in 2003. She is the recipient of 2 grants from the Illinois Arts Council for the development of new works and a grant from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Community Arts Fund. In 2008, Amanda participated in the Choreographer's Lab program at Jacob's Pillow in Beckett, MA. She has a Masters from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in performance studies and a B.S. from Northwestern University in theatre, women's studies, and dance. Chandru Murthi Chandru Murthi has an M.S. in environment planning from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn and an M.S. in industrial engineering from University of California, Berkeley. He earned his B.S. in mechanical engineering at the Indian Institute from Technology in Madras, India. In California, Chandru worked for Pick Systems designing and developing the internals of the computer software. About five years ago, Chandru developed an interest in the urban environment and his focus has been several projects involving "green buildings." Chandru has also directed several plays at the Phoenix theatre and Spotted Owl Productions in San Francisco and served on the board of several non-profit organizations in the San Francisco between 1990-1998. Deborah Jackson Deborah Jackson has a love for arts, entertainment and culture, and has worked in these fields but not specifically in dance, which she admires as a form of expression. She has been a senior executive in private and publicly traded national and international firms in industries such as fashion, creative production/advertising, home décor, and consumer goods. She has to her credit startups, improvements, turnarounds, and new product launches for multi-million and multi-billion dollar firms spanning retail, wholesale, catalog, manufacturing, and services. Her education (B.S. - Management, Bryant College; MBA - Corporate Finance/Entrepreneurship, Babson College) and experience make her a helpful strategic advisor. Currently she is CFO/COO for Art + Fashion Group, running a group of businesses including the world’s largest and most prominent photography studio which hosts elite magazine covers, fashion designer campaigns, album covers, and celebrity press. Formerly she co-founded and operated a premium retailer of home furnishings and fashion accessories—all artisan made from various cultures. Products ranged from rare sculptures to modern art, retailed in catalogs, online, museum shops, and stores in Boston, New York, and Chicago. She authored the business plan, launched all operations, and raised over $70 million in financing. Jonathan Fields Jonathan Fields grew up in Manhattan, where he often visited the various city museums. This exposure inspired a great love of the arts which he pursued at Lafayette College where he received his B.A. For many years, he worked for his family carpet firm, Edward Fields, Inc., where he was lucky enough to continue his involvement in the arts by working with well known artists on various projects. He and his wife Jackie Kelly are avid contemporary dance supporters; their favorite dancers are their daughters Olivia and Allegra. Judith E. Selwyn Dr. Judith E. Selwyn is a nationally known expert in the conservation of historic building materials. As President of Preservation Technology Associates, Inc. she has overseen the restoration of historic masonry for structures at Harvard, Yale, Wellesley College, Smith College, the U.S. Naval Academy and MIT. Her other projects include the Massachusetts State House, the Gardner Museum and Fanueil Hall, in Boston. Dr. Selwyn is a collector of American Arts and Crafts furniture and pottery. She resides in Chestnut Hill, MA with her husband, Lee. Judy is the mother of Mark, Jeremy and Amanda, and the grandmother of Robbie and Alex. Lauren Valacer President Lauren Valacer currently works in project finance at Nuclear Innovation North America, a New York based subsidiary of NRG Energy. Previously she was a financial analyst in equity research at Goldman Sachs covering utilities and independent power producers in the U.S. She holds a B.S. in finance from the Stern School of New York University. Mary Pino Secretary Mary Pino currently works for the New York Mets as Senior Accountant. She is responsible for the financial reporting of the new stadium. She graduated from St. John's University in 2004 with a degree in Accounting. Her junior year she traveled to Europe for a semester and lived n Rome, Italy. This gave her the opportunity to explore the extraordinary art of Rome and other neighboring cities such as Florence, Paris, Napoli, and Sicily. Mary is thrilled to have joined Notes in Motion in 2007 so she may continue to be apart of the artistic world. Tresa Chambers Lauren O'Neil Lauren O'Neil is an associate at the New York law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, where she practices in the area of corporate law. Lauren graduated from Boston College with a degree in communications and has a law degree from the University of Connecticut. Jieun Whang Choe Jieun Choe has over ten years of experience in marketing and strategy. She holds a BA in public policy and economics from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Jieun resides in New York with her husband Won and two sons. |
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