Move to Lead
The “Move to Lead: Kinesthetic Communication” workshop is a transformative experience designed by the world-renowned Paul Taylor Dance Company to address the challenges of today’s workplace, such as employee disconnection and burnout. This is not a dance class; it is a powerful, on-your-feet workshop grounded in behavioral science and adult learning theory that uses movement to help leaders and teams explore new ways of showing up, communicating, and collaborating. Led by current and former professional dancers, participants are guided through a curriculum that moves from self-awareness to partnership dynamics and finally to group collaboration, mirroring the arc of effective relationship-building within any organization.
The workshop is “Taylor-Made” for each client, tailored to address their specific organizational goals and challenges. Through accessible activities focusing on posture, non-verbal cues, and group synchronization, teams develop greater trust, emotional regulation, and creative confidence. The outcomes are strategic and directly applicable to the corporate world: clearer leadership presence, better team collaboration, and a refreshed capacity to connect with oneself and others.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Who is Move to Lead for?
Technology & Innovation Hubs: Businesses that prioritize creativity, cross-functional collaboration, and novel approaches to problem-solving.
Professional Services & Consulting: Firms where executive presence, communication skills, and team cohesion are critical drivers of client trust and business success.
Relationship-Focused Industries: Companies in fields like financial services, real estate, or high-end retail, where the quality of in-person interactions and non-verbal rapport-building directly influences outcomes.
Large Enterprises: Organizations with significant investment in formalized leadership development and those seeking unique, high-impact experiential training for high-potential talent.
What does a workshop look like?
The Move to Lead: Kinesthetic Communication Workshop is a three-part, experiential program led by professional dancers that uses movement to build effective workplace relationships, progressing from the individual to the group.
Part One: Self-Awareness & Individual Impact: utilizes simple movement and breath work to sharpen focus, reduce stress, and build creative confidence.
Part Two: Dynamic Partnerships & Communication explores non-verbal cues through paired activities like mirroring, resulting in stronger emotional attunement and more trust-based working relationships.
Part Three: Group Collaboration & Collective Agility involves ensemble-inspired tasks to enhance group cohesion, increase comfort with creative risk, and foster shared leadership within the team.
Pricing & Customization
The “Move to Lead” core workshop is a 3-hour, in-person professional development experience designed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company that uses guided physical exploration to improve communication, collaboration, and leadership presence. It is a unique, hands-on alternative to traditional corporate training.
Customization: The “Move to Lead” workshop can be tailored to address specific challenges and goals of your organization. For example, focus could be placed on interpersonal team dynamics, mediating challenges with team mergers, health in the workplace and more. The curriculum is modular, meaning we can design shorter or longer sessions, create multi-day immersions, or add modules focused on specific themes like “Pacing Under Pressure” or “Leading Through Change”.
Please email us at workshops@ptdc.org for information on the standard three-hour “Move to Lead” workshop pricing.
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PHOTO CREDITS All photos courtesy of the Taylor Center for Dance Education.
