Boston based movement artist
About
Amanda Francis is a Boston-based dancer & choreographer
Receiving her B.A. in English with a double major in Dance from Skidmore College, her craft centers around the exploration of vulnerability and catharsis through bodily expression and the written word. Shown across the Northeast, her work strives to excavate the stories and humanity within athletic and complex contemporary dance, creating a holistic, emotional, and exciting experience for both dancers and audiences. She is currently a member of Novum Dance Collective where she also serves as their social media coordinator. Outside of the studio, Amanda is an avid music lover and often creates original scores for her choreographed works.
Past Collaborators
Dance Prism Ballet
Ballet X
ODC/Dance
Robert Battle
Larry Keigwin
Fredrick Earl Mosely
Erika Pujič
Jason Ohlberg
Chia-Ying Kao
Training
Modern (Horton & Limon)
Release Technique
Ballet & Pointe (Balanchine)
Stage Combat
Improvisation
Counter-technique
Movement Composition
Music Composition
Instruments (Piano & Guitar)
OPEN TO
Teach
With years of teaching experience in youth dance and credits with PBS Learning Media, Amanda's teaching philosophy focuses on the balance between technical prowess and artistic exploration. Amanda has taught ballet, contemporary, and lyrical across the Boston area and is eager to share her insight on growth and confidence in movement in bodily expression to more students throughout the area.
Dance
Amanda has a passion for exploration and emotional expression within her movement practice that she loves to share in various processes. While valuing joy and community in the process of making movement, she thrives in rigorous professional environments. She is always open to work with new dancemakers and movement groups to explore humanistic challenges on a broad and personal lens through movement.
Choreograph
Storytelling through movement is one of Amanda's main joys in life and greatest career goals. Her movement quality both athletic and fluid, her choreography is deeply cathartic and human. She loves working with new people and exploring what our bodies can create together. She is available for solos, group, and collective choreographic opportunities.