What Moves You CIC – Directors ​​

Amanda Chinn started her career as a theatre stage manager before moving into producing theatre and dance.

She worked for many years as General Manager for Scottish Dance Theatre at Dundee Rep. 

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Mark Gaved is a lecturer and researcher at The Open University. He has a longstanding interest in arts-based methods for neighbourhood engagement, inclusion, and wellbeing. He has experience of leading EU and UK funded multidisciplinary research projects focussed around technology-enhanced teaching and learning, bringing together universities, community groups, commercial partners and NGOs to address sustainability challenges. Mark originally trained as a community librarian and was awarded an MA by the Royal College of Art.

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Dawn Hartley is a Dance Artist with 30 years of experience of working as a performer, choreographer, teacher and engagement specialist. Dawn was Dance Artist for East Lothian Council at The Brunton from 1999 - 2007 and Head of Creative Learning for Scottish Dance Theatre at Dundee Rep from 2007 - 2019. She resumed freelance working in 2019 and worked with Barrowland Ballet, Indepen-dance, Lyra, RCS and Company Chordelia. She co-created Sea Path with Quee MacArthur, led What Moves You? and worked with Lyra from 2020 – 2022. She co-created Creative Paths with Quee MacArthur and Nicola Kennell for Quarriers Carers in partnership with Findhorn Bay Arts in 21/22. 

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Quee MacArthur has written tunes for bands and played bass in Shooglenifty for years. He has composed for many dance and theatre productions and several short films. Quee co-created Sea Path with Dawn Hartley in 2020. He created a remote collaboration project, Telluric Translations, and recorded an album of the resulting music. He co-created Creative Paths with Dawn Hartley and Nicola Kennell for Quarriers Carers in partnership with Findhorn Bay Arts in 21/22.  

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Emma Preston works as Cultural Projects Manager for the University of Dundee. She is responsible for the development, curation and delivery of key cultural projects including Festival of the Future as part of the Research and Innovation Services Directorate at the University of Dundee. Emma brings together cultural organisations, artists, researchers, staff and academics to work together, developing opportunities for collaboration, strengthening relationships and showcasing the wide variety of research and work that happens at the University of Dundee.

 

​​Elaine Rietveld is a flautist with over 20 years of experience as a Woodwind Instructor over 5 different local authorities in Scotland. Elaine has trained in Kodaly and Dalcroze methods of music learning in the UK and Hungary. 

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