Professor ​Amanda Pintore (she/her) is a director, choreographer, and educator focusing on movement and dance education, devised theatre, and making theatre and dance performances with and for 0-6 year olds. She also specializes in arts integration, creative facilitation strategies, and training in teaching artistry. She is an Assistant Professor in Theatre for Youth and Community and Acting at Arizona State University. She is also a Fulbright Specialist and shared her Theatre and Dance for the Very Young creative research methodology with students and faculty at Atlantic Technological University, as well as Irish artists and early childhood educators, in Ireland in the fall of 2023. She has an MFA in Theatre for Youth from Arizona State University.