Our Work
Urban Wildlife Arts is a non-profit, after-school performing arts program for children of all ages (located in Brooklyn, NY). We make original dance and theatre performances, as well as collaborative film and animation projects using our creativity and love of animals.
About the Director
Dana Leigh Snyder is a NYC performing artist and animal activist located in Brooklyn, NY. She holds teaching residencies at Salvatore Larussa Dance Theatre Academy (Middle Village, Queens), Village Community School (Manhattan), and The Spaceworks Williamsburg Library (Brooklyn). Originally from Sacramento, she has been teaching the performing arts across both coasts for 20 years, and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from The New School for Drama (The Actor’s Studio, NYC), a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Theatre (Experimental) from UC Davis, and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from UC Davis.
She is the Drama Director for Salvatore Larussa Dance Theatre Academy, and teaches strength, flexibility, and mobility classes throughout NYC gyms. Her dance technique is rooted in modern, jazz, fitness, and physical theatre. Her acting training is a combination of Lee Strasberg’s Method, and the techniques of various Experimental Theatre artists.
Please email us at: dana@urbanwildlifearts.com
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