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Art of Motion Dance Theatre
Performs at TEDMED
By Gary Wien
TEDMED is the medical edition of
the famous TED conference. It is
dedicated to “ideas worth spreading” and held in two cities (Washington, DC and San Francisco,
CA) each year. This past September, Art of Motion Dance Theatre
(AOMDT) out of Ridgewood, NJ,
was one of 50 organizations selected from a list of over 1,600 to
perform during TEDMED. Originally, it was going to be just a
single piece, but the dance troupe
wound up playing a role throughout the conference, which simulcasted their performance to over
140 countries. And it all came
about because a teacher made a
memorable difference in someone’s life.
AOMDT Artistic Director Lynn
Needle had a Pilates and yoga
student named Stacy Lu about 7
years ago. Lu had a little girl who
was interested in ballet and began studying with the faculty at
Art of Motion, Inc. Needle knew
Lu was a freelance writer for the
New York Times, but when she
moved to Washington, DC, the
two lost touch until Needle received a call from out of the blue.
Lu said she was the blog writer
for TEDMED and had nominated
them for the conference. Her
boss had seen their sizzle reel
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