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children and implemented a "Healthy Dancer" initiative. In addition, she brought new works to ABT and brought ABT to the Middle East and Cuba, and developed and launched
Project Plié, a program to increase diversity in professional ballet, stating that “if performing arts organizations are going to be relevant in the 21st century … then what’s on stage needs to look more like what’s in the world.”
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and initially looked for a job advocating for first amendment rights for dancers. A friend suggested that if she wanted to help artists, she should seek an opportunity to ensure that the organizations they worked for represented them. She subsequently attended
Columbia University, earning an MA in arts management. During the summers, she was an intern at the
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University, where she received a full scholarship. She graduated with an AB in Ethics and Political Philosophy with honors,
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Plaza—a long-planned project that was completed in August 2019, and launched the TMC Arts Fund, which provides free and low-cost public programs and education. Moore also worked to increase the diversity of the Music Center's board of directors; its makeup went from 6% women and people of color to
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wrote: "Moore has taken firm hold of an unwieldy, creaky organization that is also a great one, constantly beset by financial problems, yet somehow managing to produce the spectacular productions and dancers for which it is famous." During Moore's tenure, ABT's endowment increased from $ 8 million
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Theatre context, what its traditions and needs are. And I never forgot what it's
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Project Plié, which identifies and supports young dancers in minority communities; and launched The Music Center Arts Fund, which offers free and low-cost programming and educational opportunities at Music Center venues.
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Congress to officially designate ABT as the National Ballet Company of the United States. She also created an international teacher training curriculum and certification program for ballet teachers that emphasized safety and well-being for
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in New York, and although his offer was declined—her parents wanted her to finish high school in Davis—she spent summers in New York studying on scholarship with the American Ballet Theatre School and the American School of Ballet.
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senior citizens. She was also an adjunct professor in the dance department at Emerson College and taught non-profit finance in the Graduate Program in Arts Administration at Boston University.
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to $ 15 million, box office receipts went up by 30%, and ABT realized an operational profit. She was recognized for transforming the ABT brand and was appointed CEO of ABT in 2013.
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and TMC Ops, which runs operations throughout the Music Center Campus. She raised funds and oversaw the 20-month, $ 41 million renovation of The Music Center Plaza—now called
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A guide for young artists based on Moore's experience, the book covers subjects including marketing, insurance, finding work, copyright law, finances, and healthy living.
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