WHAT IS MOVE THE FIELD?

Launched in the Spring of 2018, MOVE the Field affords MOVE|NYC| Alumni the opportunity to engage with a wide range of prominent dance companies and gives aspiring young artists the necessary tools to be a valuable asset to the field. MOVE|NYC| believes it is essential for emerging artists to have greater access to the profession in order to fully be prepared to join it. MOVE|NYC|'s long-term goal is for MOVE the Field to become a bridge into the world’s top dance companies and further MOVE|NYC|'s mission of diversifying the dance profession by placing our alumni directly into it.

MOVE the Field program offerings constitute:

• Participating in a multi-tiered curated internship with a partnered professional company

• Acting as a Rehearsal Assistant for company rehearsals

• Learning critical company business administration skills

• Attending live professional performances

MOVE The Field is 100% fully subsidized by individual and institutional support; at no cost to participants.

"We at Dorrance Dance could not be more grateful for this opportunity to have worked with Kate through MOVE|NYC|. We simply have been blown away by her immediate and deep investment, work ethic, professionalism, meticulous attention to detail, intuitive and proactive thinking/problem solving, not to mention her genuine care, kindness, and wonderful personality. We can only hope to work with Kate again and again - we know she has to go back to school in the fall but KATE, please come back to us!!! Thank you and THANK YOU MOVE|NYC| for bringing us together!!"

- MICHELLE DORRANCE, artistic director dorrance dance

“I was first introduced to GALLIM as an inaugural participant in MOVE|NYC|’s “MOVE The Field” in the summer of 2018. I was given the life-changing opportunity to shadow/intern with GALLIM during their summer intensive and had the chance to learn some of the repertory. Working with GALLIM was incredible. Getting the chance to learn directly from Andrea Miller and the company members while still in high school allowed me to see more of what a professional setting is like. It prepared me to step into a creative process with them all, being ready and able to work.

This summer, I was fortunate enough to apprentice with GALLIM and experience a residency in Kaatsban Cultural Park during the creation of “You Are Here,” which recently premiered at Lincoln Center. It was a surreal and informative time in what felt like a full immersion into the professional field.

Working professionally with GALLIM while being a rising 2nd year at The Juilliard School has allowed me to accelerate my growth. Being surrounded by such beautiful artists from the start of my time with MOVE|NYC|’s YPP & SWEAT, to the inspiring artists at both Juilliard and GALLIM, continues to broaden my artistic range and voice. The interdisciplinary artists that I have met so far continue to influence my work and push me forward.”

- Nouhoum Koita, Young Professional Alumni & GALLIM Apprentice, Juilliard School 2nd Year, 2018 MOVE The Field Participant (GALLIM), 2020 Presidential Scholar in the Arts

“We at A.I.M are huge fans of the work that Nigel and Chanel do with MOVE|NYC|, and were honored to participate in their inaugural MOVE The Field year. Olivia dove into all volunteer opportunities with maturity beyond her years, asked intelligent questions when given the opportunity to speak with members of A.I.M, and demonstrated all the professionalism that Nigel and Chanel instilled in their incredible students.”

- Kyle Abraham and A.I.M

2021 PARTNERSHIPS

DORRANCE DANCE

GALLIM

2019 PARTNERSHIPS

TRIBE-Multidisciplinary Visual Performances, INC.

2018 PARTNERSHIPS

AIM BY KYLE ABRAHAM

GALLIM