Move Nyc Foundation Inc

TO CULTIVATE GREATER DIVERSITY AND EQUITY WITHIN THE DANCE PROFESSION AND BEYOND BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY TRAINING, DIRECTLY ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AND CURATING NEW AND EXCITING PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES.

MOVE(NYC)'S CORE PROGRAM, THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM, IS A TUITION-FREE AND YEAR-ROUND MENTORSHIP AND COLLEGE/CONSERVATORY PREP PROGRAM FOR NYC TEENAGERS, AGES 13-18, WHO DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL POTENTIAL FOR A CAREER IN DANCE. THE SELECTION PROCESS IS CAREFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY CALIBRATED TO PRIORITIZE ACCESS TO THE POPULATIONS WHO NEED IT MOST WITHOUT BECOMING AN INCUBATOR FOR A SINGULAR DEMOGRAPHIC. CURRENTLY, THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF 85% DANCERS OF COLOR WITH 80% DEMONSTRATING FINANCIAL NEED THAT IS HEIGHTENED BY THE PURSUIT OF A PROFESSIONAL DANCE CAREER. WITH 3 GRADUATING CLASSES, MOVE(NYC) IS PROUD TO SHARE THAT 100% OF GRADUATES HAVE MATRICULATED TO SOME OF THE TOP COLLEGES, CONSERVATORIES, AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. IN MANY CASES, MOVE(NYC) ALUMNI MAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE DANCERS OF COLOR IN THESE INSTITUTIONS. EXCITEDLY, THIS FALL ALONE 3 ALUMNI HAVE JOINED HOFESH SHECHTER COMPANY IN LONDON, THE MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY, AND THE LIMON DANCE COMPANY, RESPECTIVELY. IN ADDITION TO THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM, MOVE(NYC)'S ANCILLARY PROGRAMMING INCLUDES: (1) OPEN ACCESS (A 1-WEEK OPEN WINTER INTENSIVE FOR DANCERS AGES 13-18 IN THE NYC TRI-STATE AREA), (2) SWEAT (SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR EMERGING ARTISTS OF TODAY-- A 1-WEEK SUMMER WORKSHOP FOR DANCERS AGES 17-25 OPEN TO ARTISTS FROM THE U.S. & ABROAD; (3) MOVE THE FIELD (A 3-MONTH INDIVIDUALIZED APPRENTICESHIP/INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR SELECT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM ALUMNI WITH SOME OF THE TOP COMPANIES IN THE U.S.), (4) PEER MENTORSHIP PROGRAM (ALUMNI WHO CURRENTLY ATTEND TOP CONSERVATORIES OF DANCE PROVIDE PAID MONTHLY INDIVIDUALIZED PEER MENTORSHIP TO CURRENT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS), (5) PRE-YPP (LAUNCHED IN SUMMER 2021, A TUITION-FREE YEAR-ROUND MENTORSHIP AND HIGH SCHOOL PREP PROGRAM FOR GIFTED MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NYC). WITH PRE-YPP, THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PROGRAM, SWEAT, AND MORE, MOVE(NYC) CREATES A DIRECT PIPELINE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL INTO THE FIELD!