Robyn Ayers Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Executes a wide range of arts-central programming, including but not limited to: artist residencies, theater productions, and youth programs. Maintains internal and external scheduling, asset collection and management, provides creative consultation and administrative support for artists, and serves as a stage manager and co-producer for organizational events. Currently serving as the interim Program Manager. Duties above are maintained, but the role now includes strategic development, programmatic decision-making and implementation, high-level calendar management, interdepartmental coordination, and serving as primary creative liaison.

Rehearses and performs works by Artistic Director Hannah Cullen.

Reports to the Artistic Director for asynchronous administrative tasks: schedule management, database management, grant writing and editing, audience development initiatives, and board communications

Rehearses and performs with the company in and around NYC. Learns and contributes to full length productions, dance films, and site-specific installations by artistic director Katherine Maxwell. Works closely with company members to maintain and update the library of material and teach it to new company members.

Rehearses and performs with the company in and around NYC. Learns and contributes to full length productions alongside other company members in real time and from archival footage. Teaches company class and assists the choreographer with pre-professional projects.

Wrote and facilitated training curriculum grounded in upstander intervention, de-escalation, pod mapping, protest safety, aftercare, and conflict resolution.

Writes and facilitates community safety training programs grounded in Unarmed Civilian Protection. Responsible for creating and maintaining an active library of training material, adapting materials according to client needs, and pitching new content to management according to present and anticipated team requests. Singlehandedly overhauled the entire country program's training material, and presented the structure to be implemented on the international organization level.

Assisted Winston Dynamite Brown with his work with student dancers. Tasks included schedule management, leading rehearsal, recording and maintaining library of material, music editing, critical creative feedback, and acting coaching.

Assisted Winston Dynamite Brown with his work with second-year students at The Ailey School. Tasks included schedule management, leading rehearsal, recording and maintaining library of material, developing and communicating lighting design, writing student evaluations, critical creative feedback, and artistic and athletic coaching. Worked with students both individually and collectively to help them understand their learning style and how to best showcase their strengths.

Rehearsed and performed with the company in Boston, Massachusetts. Learned and contributed to works by Adrian Hoffman and Alice Klock. Participated in a film residency as both a cast member and a cinematographer, culminating in the release of their fist film, "what no longer serves".

Maintained the library on nights and weekends, working alone and with student workers. Handled patron resource queries, worked asynchronously on library development projects, catalog maintenance, & digital collections. Trained student workers thrice yearly/as needed, maintained schedules, and delegated on-site tasks.

Taught ancient philosophy to underclassmen, developed test prep guides, provided critical feedback for essays, developed performance improvement plans and relayed reports to administration.

Student worker assigned to Quinn Library. Attended the front desk, handled patron queries and escalated to staff as necessary, audited team projects, worked on collection maintenance and weeding.

Curated and delivered safety trainings for grassroots movement organizations and other groups involved in direct protection efforts.

Built and updated a risk assessment structure for grassroots organizations and community safety teams for specific dates/events. Developed a geographical profile for the risk assessment, recruited and trained a team of volunteers, developed and communicated a leadership and accountability structure.

Built and updated a risk assessment structure for nonpartisan election defense work at polling locations; reinforced the capacity of local community safety teams. Completed and shared risk assessments with stationary safety teams, scouting for updates to those assessments as necessary. Co-facilitated a skill share on deescalation, risk assessment, & communication best practices for local safety teams.

Coordinated with a wide variety of clientele to run banquets, weddings, private dinners, & conferences. Created and executed a timeline/run of show in collaboration with the event planner.Responsible for delegating and supervising tasks to all back of house and front of house staff, tracking and reporting staff hours, and navigating clientele relationships.

Assisted dance teachers for physical arts education geared towards children ages 3-13.

Provided childcare and early education for infants and toddlers as part of a working parents program.

Provided reading and mathematics tutoring to underserved children from first to sixth grade. Provided administrative assistance for bookkeeping, record maintenance and payroll.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Philosophy

Activities and Societies: Founders Presidential Scholar, Phi Sigma Tau, graduated summa cum laude with honors in philosophy

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Dance