Amber Adams is a graduate of the University of the North Carolina School of the Arts where she studied ballet and contemporary dance. She received her BFA in Dance and Theater from Marymount Manhattan College. Amber has studied with American Ballet Theater, the NY Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts School of Film and Television, the Joffrey Ballet School, Steps on Broadway and many other schools around the world. Amber performed in the off- Broadway shows "Happenstance" and “8 Million Protagonists” and continues to dance for numerous New York City-based choreographers. Along side her performance career Amber has choreographed original works for Campbell College, Dixon Place Theater, Bridge for Dance, and Gorilla Tango Theater. Currently, she is an active member of the Dance Films Association and the dance education community at large.
BWW Review: TWO B'S WITH LOS ANGELES BALLET at Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
March 5, 2019
March 5, 2019
A beautiful snapshot into the variety that ballet provides.
BWW Review: BODYTRAFFIC Merging the Past and Future of Great American Dance at The Joyce Theater
February 1, 2017
February 1, 2017
With the provocative and brilliant guidance of choreographer, Arthur Pita, the subculture of Chicago in the 1960s was reborn. "Hooka Tooka Soda Cracker" with painting turtles and paint brushes in the mouth in place of cigarettes created an essence of sexual symbolism and a starburst for the soul.
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER at Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center - A Home for Classical Storytelling
January 3, 2017
January 3, 2017
"A home for classical storytelling" for children is that of the Kelsey Kirkland Arts Center's performance of "The Nutcracker."
BWW Review: JACQUES' ART NEST at National Dance Institute
November 4, 2016
November 4, 2016
'I want every child to have the highest level of arts education and you learn by doing, not by reading about it or seeing it on TV. Our children become the dancers. It changes how they see themselves,' Ellen Weinstein, Artistic Director of NDI.
BWW Review: ARGENTINA, A Movie Musical Like No Other Opens June 17 at Lincoln Plaza
June 10, 2016
June 10, 2016
ARGENTINA, A Movie Musical Like No Other, Opens in NYC June 17 at Lincoln Plaza
BWW Dance Review: Slaying with DivaDance
June 3, 2016
June 3, 2016
Slaying is 'doing the first thing that comes to mind and owning it.'
BWW Review: A Marvelous Tribute to MARIINSKY BALLET's own, Maya Plisetskaya
April 1, 2016
April 1, 2016
'The Dying Swan'...those three minutes were worth the entire evening. If ... you haven't seen the Mariinsky Ballet dancers, you're doing yourself a huge disservice.
BWW Review: New York Theatre Ballet Tackles a Thematically Similar but Choreographically Diverse Program
April 7, 2016
April 7, 2016
BWW Review: New York Theatre Ballet tackled a thematically similar but choreographically diverse program
BWW Interview: A Director's Dream Ballet - An Interview with Ray Kennedy
September 20, 2013
September 20, 2013
I sat down with Ray Kennedy, long time director/choreographer for Opera House Theater Company at the Oklahoma! wrap party on a warm Sunday afternoon in a saloon-like venue in Historic Downtown Wilmington, NC. A sense of graceful accomplishment sounded clearly in his sigh as we began to chat. Ray Kennedy has been with Opera House Theater Company for over 25 years in all of the many facets of theater.
BWW Reviews: Doug Varone and Dancers- Breathing Room Within the Creative Process
March 4, 2013
March 4, 2013
The Stripped/Dressed series kicked off as a display of the raw ingredients necessary for choreography, permitting the non-dancer a glimpse into the dance making process.
BWW Reviews: Endangered Species, WORKING WOMEN at the Joyce
February 8, 2013
February 8, 2013
WORKING WOMEN released some of the strongest artistic voices of the hardest working women choreographers in the dance community and in the nation. These endangered species can scream at the top of their lungs, bang loudly on the glass ceiling, and still struggle to be heard.
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