Our Staff
Christin Kennedy
Christin Kennedy
Christin Kennedy
Owner/Artistic Director
Christin began her training in ballet as a child and continued with it as a career. She has had the opportunity to dance for and study with some of the best in the business, including Gretchen Ward-Warren, John Parks, Edward Villella, Svetlana Osiyeva, Jeanne Travers, and Diane McCarthy. She has continued her
Owner/Artistic Director
Christin began her training in ballet as a child and continued with it as a career. She has had the opportunity to dance for and study with some of the best in the business, including Gretchen Ward-Warren, John Parks, Edward Villella, Svetlana Osiyeva, Jeanne Travers, and Diane McCarthy. She has continued her education in dance, receiving her certificate in Simonson Technique and Zena Rommett Floor Barre Certificatification. She has completed her 200 RYT training in the styles of Hatha and Vinyasa yoga. Christin is an avid contributor to the community arts programs working with many local schools' theater programs, the NJ Arts in Ed foundation, and various foundations. Christin is a National Dance Educators Organization member and has made Art In Motion National Dance Honor Society home. Christin is also Co-Director of Dance at The Academy of St. Elizabeth (Convent Station, NJ), Along with the Studion Manager, Erin Dowd. Christin opened Art In Motion in 2007 with the general rule that children/people learn better when supported in a challenging but loving, non-competitive environment. Since her opening in 2007 with 21 students, she has grown the business on that philosophy to upwards of 400 students. Christin prides herself and her business on being more than "just a dance school" but a place where people can feel, breathe, and have a safe, healthy environment to be themselves.
Erin Dowd
Christin Kennedy
Christin Kennedy
Studio Manager
Erin Dowd began her dance training as a student of Dance Innovations, Ballet Forte, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble, and The Harkness Youth Ballet. She graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography and an additional major in Psychology. She has wo
Studio Manager
Erin Dowd began her dance training as a student of Dance Innovations, Ballet Forte, New Jersey Dance Theater Ensemble, and The Harkness Youth Ballet. She graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography and an additional major in Psychology. She has worked with the Merce Cunningham Trust, through which she has participated in 20+ workshops and showings, including performances of “Crises” (Whitney Museum, NYC), “Springweather and People (Duet)” (Harris Theater, Chicago), and “Night of 100 Solos” (Los Angeles), as well as subsequent performances of these solos in continuation of Cunningham’s Centennial celebration. She has assisted Andrea Weber in staging Merce Cunningham’s “Secondhand” through the MCT Fellowship Program. Erin has performed with The Roxey Ballet Company, Bill Young/Colleen Thomas & Co., and Cornfield Dance. She has received her Cunningham Technique teaching certification and is also Co-Director of Dance at The Academy of St. Elizabeth (Convent Station, NJ).