Beth Portnoy has been unleashing her mighty moves all over New York City  as a choreographer, dancer, teacher, and filmmaker. She has had the opportunity to work with Katiti King, Bebe Miller, Felix Ruckert, Ken Nintzel, and several independent choreographers/directors. In 2003, Beth choreographed and performed with Ken Nintzel’s dance-theater extravaganza Lapse at PS122 and at the Whitney Museum’s Altria. She appeared in 'Twas at PS122 in 2005.

In addition to showing work at Hatch, Uptown Performance Series, One Arm Red, Dance Conversations, Galapagos, and the DanceNowNYC Festival, Beth was chosen as one of four choreographers to present an evening of work in the Rising Up Series at Bridge for Dance. She also choreographed, produced, and performed her own concert I just wanna know your art…  at Chashama. In collaboration with Kid Lucky and Beatboxer Entertainment, bethmoves  presented an evening of fresh choreography mixed with live experimental beatboxing at the Bowery Poetry Club.

Beth’s dance for camera work has been screened at both International and US film festivals.

Beth is the director of a children’s after school program and a certified Simonson Technique teacher.

Mission Statement:
I strive to create a seamless blend of dance, music, and theatricality; an organic sense of performance as an all-encompassing entity.  I’m interested in exploring movement from a variety of perspectives from sarcastic humor to abstract theory. It is extremely important to me to work with dancers of different physicalities and performance qualities as it greatly adds to the dynamic of the movement and intrigue of the work.  Using stop motion technology and pixilation fused with real time footage, I am able to create screendance choreography that is not always physically possible; to manipulate props/scenery/costumes to uncover motion where it couldn't naturally exist. The atmosphere reacts to the human movement and shows a glimpse of magic in our ordinary objects and lives.