About Us

Mission

The mission of Animus Movement is to inspire, educate, and engage the community through the art of contemporary modern dance. The company is committed to providing opportunities for diverse artistic expression, cultivating an appreciation for dance, and supporting the development of both emerging and established dancers. Through our youth program, Animus Iuventus, we provide pre-professional dancers with performance opportunities that foster creativity, discipline and artistic growth, preparing them for future careers in dance. The company loves to collaborate with their dancers, as well as other choreographers, musicians, visual artists and beyond.

Animus Movement was founded in NYC in February 2021, and in October 2022 expanded to Colorado. Receiving several festival invitations, the company has performed at Dixon Place, the KnJ Theater, Triskelion, Mignolo Arts Center, Sam Scripps Studios, Green Space and the TADA Theater in NYC, and at the Dairy Arts Center, the Parsons Theatre, the Byron Theater in the Newman Center, and the Children's Museum Denver in Colorado. In the last three years Animus Movement has created four dance films, co-produced shows at New York Live Arts and Ballet Arts, City Center in NYC, and produced two shows at the Nomad Playhouse in Boulder.

Collaborate

Animus Movement is a project-based dance company. We are always seeking creative collaboration in interdisciplinary contexts, be it with choreographers, musicians, visual artists and beyond. Email us at beck@animusmovement.com

About Us

Artistic Director: Rebecca Allen

Rebecca, a New York City native, is a graduate of LaGuardia H.S., and the Dance Conservatory at SUNY Purchase. During her college years she performed works by Doug Varone, Ori Flomin, Mark Morris, and John Heginbotham. She also studied in Perth, Australia at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, focusing on contemporary dance and aerial circus silks. Rebecca has danced with AMS Project and was a guest artist in Doug Varone's Choreographic Intensive where she had the opportunity to dance with Dance Householder, MATYCHAK, and Sum Bones Co. In NYC she was a member of CoreDance Contemporary, SynthesisDance, and Copy That Dance. She also created and is the artistic director of her own dance company, Animus Movement. Beck recently relocated to Colorado where she started a second company, as well as dancing for T2 Dance Company.

Assistant Director: Larah Pamplin

Larah recently moved to Denver from NYC after dancing and teaching for 11+ years there. Since graduating from Pace University with a BFA in commercial dance, she has danced with companies such as SynthesisDANCE and CoreDance Contemporary to name a few. You might have seen her in the award winning documentary “Amy’s Victory Dance” on AppleTV and is currently the assistant director for Animus Movement. Larah has assisted choreographers such as Rhonda Miller at dance conventions and has worked with Michael Rooney and Jackie Sleight in LA. Some of Larah’s performance experience includes, the New York Film Academy, Rising Stars at the Joyce Theatre and Synergy at New York Live Arts.