Amanda Blair MacDonald, Member-at-Large

AmSAT Service

Education and Certifications

Alexander Technique Teacher Training: Habit & Choice, Balance Arts, The Dimon Institute, Certified 2006
Post-Graduate work with Beret Arcara, Joan & Alex Murray, Luc Vanier, Alice Olsher, and Mio Morales
MFA in Dance, The University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee
R-MPA - Registered Movement Pattern Analyst with the Warren Lamb Trust
Pedagogy and Developmental Movement studies with Anne Green Gilbert
Certificate in Musical Theater Performance, American Musical and Dramatic Academy-NY
BA in Theatre, emphasis in Music, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN

Teaching and Admin

Faculty, DePaul University School of Music: 2019 - present
Private Practice in Alexander Technique: 2006 - present
Group Teaching includes: American Academy of Dramatic Art-NY, American Musical and Dramatic Academy-NY, The Ailey School, the 92nd Street Y, The Joffrey Academy, Near North Montessori School, and many other schools as a teaching artist
Workshops for Teachers includes: Ann Green Gilbert’s Summer Dance Intensive for Teachers, Chicago Lights Dance Academy Professional Development Series, Bay Area Parkinson’s Group Teaching Methods Class, multiple teacher workshops at elementary schools, and workshops for AmSAT, WLT & NDEO conferences
Management includes: House Manager for Alice Tully Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and the Director’s Guild of America-NY; Dance Coordinator for The New School Summer Musical Theatre Immersion Experience; Program Manager for Chicago Lights Summer Dance Intensive; and organizer of multiple dance concerts

Other

American Society for the Alexander Technique