Amber Espar
For the past 16 years, Amber Espar has focused on the performing and participatory arts, community building and education in a variety of settings and situations.
Amber joined Alligator Mouth Improv in 2008 and has performed with them regularly since then. She participated in the group’s residency and co-performance with Corning Painted Post East High School students in the summer of 2009.
Amber recently completed intensive training in performance and facilitation with the Moving on Center School for Participatory Arts in Oakland, CA, and New York City, and is pursuing a certificate in somatic movement therapy and education. She has also studied extensively with Ruth Zaporah, the founder of Action Theater, and has performed improvisationally in solo and ensemble work across the country with various performing ensembles. She currently co-teaches a weekly improvisational performance class in Boston, MA.
As an environmental educator, she has connected people of all ages to natural habitats, and regularly leads high school students on science, art and culture study trips to Latin America. She created and ran an urban school garden and nutrition program for elementary-age students with Groundwork Somerville (Massachusetts) from 2003 until 2008. And she has led nature programs with the Massachusetts Audubon Society.
Amber earned a B.A. in International Studies from Vassar College.