Founded in 2015, MOVE|NYC| is a leading-edge arts and social justice organization whose mission is to cultivate greater diversity and equity within the dance profession and beyond. MOVE|NYC| holds the important responsibility of shaping the next generation of dance artists and leaders and actualizes this responsibility by providing artistic training, mentorship, professional development, presenting opportunities, and other quintessential resources for career advancement. Through our programs and activities, MOVE|NYC| is committed to artistic excellence, mentorship, community engagement, equity, and social change in our capacity to level skewed access to a professional and sustainable dance career for artists at the earliest stages of their artistic pursuits.

MOVE|NYC| imagines a field in which exceptionally gifted dancers, no matter where they are from, have access to the best training. We imagine more artists who are empowered to bring their own cultural backgrounds to their specialized fields. We imagine more artists creating new ways to move the field forward. We imagine an art form that will connect with more audiences.

We imagine more people imagining.