MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Movement Research Performance Journal. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you!

INTERNSHIPS

Movement Research offers a variety of internship opportunities for artists and emerging arts workers ages 18 and up. We offer ongoing internships during our Fall and Spring seasons, as well as winter and summer internships geared to college and university students and

recent graduates.

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

MAYFIELD BROOKS

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in brooklyn, new york on lenapehoking land, the homeland of the lenape people. mayfield is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. they are currently an artist in residence at the center for performance research (cpr) and abrons arts center in new york city/lenapehoking. mayfield teaches

LISA NELSON

Lisa Nelson. LISA NELSON is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the 70s. From an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and collaborative performance she calls "Tuning

Scores."

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Movement Research Performance Journal. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you!

INTERNSHIPS

Movement Research offers a variety of internship opportunities for artists and emerging arts workers ages 18 and up. We offer ongoing internships during our Fall and Spring seasons, as well as winter and summer internships geared to college and university students and

recent graduates.

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

MAYFIELD BROOKS

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in brooklyn, new york on lenapehoking land, the homeland of the lenape people. mayfield is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. they are currently an artist in residence at the center for performance research (cpr) and abrons arts center in new york city/lenapehoking. mayfield teaches

LISA NELSON

Lisa Nelson. LISA NELSON is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the 70s. From an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and collaborative performance she calls "Tuning

Scores."

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

ABOUT US | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Mission. Movement Research, founded in 1978, is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture

OUR PUBLICATIONS

Critical Correspondence is a web-based publication of Movement Research that provides a forum for diverse engagements with artistic practice, research and the contexts that surround the field of dance. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic

languages

VIRTUALLY REAL CONTACT PRACTICE This MELT workshop will be offered both virtually via Zoom.. Consult our Frequently Asked Questions for additional support. Before joining class, review Online Class Best Practices About this workshop: These classes will utilize the skills and disciplines of the study of Contact Improvisation to dimensionalize and reinforce the solo dance as a state of readiness towards reflexive and

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Movement Research's Artist-in-Residence program is a two-year residency that provides commissions, rehearsal space, performances, professional development opportunities and peer dialogue, all of which are designed to support the individualized creative process MR PERFORMANCE JOURNAL Download. Since its inception in 1990, the Movement Research Performance Journal has fostered the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. Created by and for artists, the journal provides a unique forum for critical, rigorous, and creative exploration of the politics of

performance

CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE One of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. ARTISTS OF COLOR COUNCIL MEETING About the Artists of Color Council: A cohort of artists of color addressing cultural diversity, equity, and sustainable structural integration in MR’s operations, programming, outreach, and throughout its extended communities. BIBA BELL DISCUSSES DANCE AS A PROMISCUOUS MODE OF Biba Bell (b. 1976, Sebastopol) is a writer, dancer, and choreographer. She has a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University where her research focused on contemporary choreography’s geographic interventions within dance's architectural, disciplinary, and artistic homes and theatrical houses. MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Critical Correspondence is a web-based publication of Movement Research that provides a forum for diverse engagements with artistic practice, research and the contexts that surround the field of dance. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic

languages

CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you! CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE One of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms.

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

PHOEBE BERGLUND

Phoebe Berglund. Phoebe Berglund is an American choreographer based in NYC focusing on contemporary gestures, occupational dances, rituals and reenactments. Founder of Phoebe Berglund Dance Troupe, a group of performers that meet weekly to practice ballet and experimental dance scores. Due to Covid 19, they currently have an open air practice

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

MAYFIELD BROOKS

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in brooklyn, new york on lenapehoking land, the homeland of the lenape people. mayfield is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. they are currently an artist in residence at the center for performance research (cpr) and abrons arts center in new york city/lenapehoking. mayfield teaches

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

NEVE KAMILAH MAZIQUE-BIANCO Neve Kamilah Mazique-Bianco, or NEVE, is a Black (specifically Sudanese, even more specifically Nubian) punk disabled queer fairy beast. A certified personal trainer and integrated dance teacher trained by NASM and Axis Dance Company, respectively- Neve cares about the welfare and equitable access to joy, sensuality, community, self-expression, and liberation of all bodies. MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Critical Correspondence is a web-based publication of Movement Research that provides a forum for diverse engagements with artistic practice, research and the contexts that surround the field of dance. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic

languages

CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you! CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE One of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms.

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

PHOEBE BERGLUND

Phoebe Berglund. Phoebe Berglund is an American choreographer based in NYC focusing on contemporary gestures, occupational dances, rituals and reenactments. Founder of Phoebe Berglund Dance Troupe, a group of performers that meet weekly to practice ballet and experimental dance scores. Due to Covid 19, they currently have an open air practice

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

MAYFIELD BROOKS

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in brooklyn, new york on lenapehoking land, the homeland of the lenape people. mayfield is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. they are currently an artist in residence at the center for performance research (cpr) and abrons arts center in new york city/lenapehoking. mayfield teaches

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

NEVE KAMILAH MAZIQUE-BIANCO Neve Kamilah Mazique-Bianco, or NEVE, is a Black (specifically Sudanese, even more specifically Nubian) punk disabled queer fairy beast. A certified personal trainer and integrated dance teacher trained by NASM and Axis Dance Company, respectively- Neve cares about the welfare and equitable access to joy, sensuality, community, self-expression, and liberation of all bodies. ABOUT US | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Mission. Movement Research, founded in 1978, is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture VIRTUALLY REAL CONTACT PRACTICE This MELT workshop will be offered both virtually via Zoom.. Consult our Frequently Asked Questions for additional support. Before joining class, review Online Class Best Practices About this workshop: These classes will utilize the skills and disciplines of the study of Contact Improvisation to dimensionalize and reinforce the solo dance as a state of readiness towards reflexive and CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE One of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. MR PERFORMANCE JOURNAL Download. Since its inception in 1990, the Movement Research Performance Journal has fostered the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. Created by and for artists, the journal provides a unique forum for critical, rigorous, and creative exploration of the politics of

performance

CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE 150 First Avenue, 1st Floor Studios & 2nd Floor Office, New York, NY 10009. 212-598-0551. Contact Us CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE One of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. ARTISTS OF COLOR COUNCIL MEETING The Artists of Color Council meets on the second Saturday of the month from 12:30-2:30PM, except for the four vision meetings scheduled

throughout the

BODYMIND DANCING™

About this class: BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. It includes individual, partner and group interplay that supports CALDER MOVED BY DANCER Calder Moved by Dancer. Dance artist, Phoebe Berglund writes about her recent experience performing the role of the art handler at the Whitney’s exhibition of works by Alexander Calder. Through a very specific sequence of maneuvers devised by Calder himself, Phoebe activated each sculpture in demonstrations timed once every hour while

the

BIBA BELL DISCUSSES DANCE AS A PROMISCUOUS MODE OF Biba Bell (b. 1976, Sebastopol) is a writer, dancer, and choreographer. She has a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University where her research focused on contemporary choreography’s geographic interventions within dance's architectural, disciplinary, and artistic homes and theatrical houses. MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Critical Correspondence is a web-based publication of Movement Research that provides a forum for diverse engagements with artistic practice, research and the contexts that surround the field of dance. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic

languages

CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you!

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

LISA NELSON

Lisa Nelson. LISA NELSON is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the 70s. From an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and collaborative performance she calls "Tuning

Scores."

MAYFIELD BROOKS

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in brooklyn, new york on lenapehoking land, the homeland of the lenape people. mayfield is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. they are currently an artist in residence at the center for performance research (cpr) and abrons arts center in new york city/lenapehoking. mayfield teaches

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

FABIO TAVARES

Fabio Tavares is a queer Brazilian artist who’s been obsessed with the human body in action from a very young age. He started off as a competitive Gymnast before running away to join the circus at the age of 15 where he got his first professional job as an acrobat.

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Critical Correspondence is a web-based publication of Movement Research that provides a forum for diverse engagements with artistic practice, research and the contexts that surround the field of dance. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic

languages

CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you!

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

LISA NELSON

Lisa Nelson. LISA NELSON is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the 70s. From an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and collaborative performance she calls "Tuning

Scores."

MAYFIELD BROOKS

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in brooklyn, new york on lenapehoking land, the homeland of the lenape people. mayfield is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. they are currently an artist in residence at the center for performance research (cpr) and abrons arts center in new york city/lenapehoking. mayfield teaches

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

FABIO TAVARES

Fabio Tavares is a queer Brazilian artist who’s been obsessed with the human body in action from a very young age. He started off as a competitive Gymnast before running away to join the circus at the age of 15 where he got his first professional job as an acrobat.

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

ABOUT US | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Mission. Movement Research, founded in 1978, is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture PERFORMANCES & EVENTS A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights at Judson Memorial Church throughout the Fall and Spring seasons. Movement Research at the Judson Church is one of a number of MR programs intended to serve as a creative laboratory and incubator for wide-ranging artistic investigations in movement-based forms; this series is a platform for artists at various stages of their creative development. VIRTUALLY REAL CONTACT PRACTICE This MELT workshop will be offered both virtually via Zoom.. Consult our Frequently Asked Questions for additional support. Before joining class, review Online Class Best Practices About this workshop: These classes will utilize the skills and disciplines of the study of Contact Improvisation to dimensionalize and reinforce the solo dance as a state of readiness towards reflexive and

INTERNSHIPS

Movement Research offers a variety of internship opportunities for artists and emerging arts workers ages 18 and up. We offer ongoing internships during our Fall and Spring seasons, as well as winter and summer internships geared to college and university students and

recent graduates.

MR PERFORMANCE JOURNAL Download. Since its inception in 1990, the Movement Research Performance Journal has fostered the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. Created by and for artists, the journal provides a unique forum for critical, rigorous, and creative exploration of the politics of

performance

CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE One of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms.

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

NORA THOMPSON

Nora Thompson lives and works in New York as a dance-maker, performer, writer, and arts administrator. Her dance aims to physicalize the unspeakable—pull to the ground and into the body, the theoretical.

KAYVON POURAZAR

Kayvon Pourazar. Kayvon Pourazar is of Persian origin, and spent his formative years in Iran, Turkey and England. Kayvon immigrated to the US in 1995, graduated from SUNY Purchase in May 2000 and has resided in NYC ever since. He has performed in the works of Ivy Baldwin, Michelle Boulé, Beth Gill, Lily Gold, Levi Gonzalez, K.J. Holmes,

John

SIMONE FORTI IN CONVERSATION WITH JENNIE GOLDSTEIN Simone Forti in Conversation with Jennie Goldstein. Since the early 1960s, Simone Forti has explored relationships between movement, objects, text, sound, and site. She has performed, taught, and displayed works in both the dance and visual art communities for decades, and as a result, her contributions have become touchstones

for critical

MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Critical Correspondence is a web-based publication of Movement Research that provides a forum for diverse engagements with artistic practice, research and the contexts that surround the field of dance. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic

languages

CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you!

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

LISA NELSON

Lisa Nelson. LISA NELSON is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the 70s. From an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and collaborative performance she calls "Tuning

Scores."

MAYFIELD BROOKS

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in brooklyn, new york on lenapehoking land, the homeland of the lenape people. mayfield is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. they are currently an artist in residence at the center for performance research (cpr) and abrons arts center in new york city/lenapehoking. mayfield teaches

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

FABIO TAVARES

Fabio Tavares is a queer Brazilian artist who’s been obsessed with the human body in action from a very young age. He started off as a competitive Gymnast before running away to join the circus at the age of 15 where he got his first professional job as an acrobat.

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Critical Correspondence is a web-based publication of Movement Research that provides a forum for diverse engagements with artistic practice, research and the contexts that surround the field of dance. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic

languages

CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you!

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

LISA NELSON

Lisa Nelson. LISA NELSON is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the 70s. From an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and collaborative performance she calls "Tuning

Scores."

MAYFIELD BROOKS

mayfield brooks improvises while black, and is currently based in brooklyn, new york on lenapehoking land, the homeland of the lenape people. mayfield is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. they are currently an artist in residence at the center for performance research (cpr) and abrons arts center in new york city/lenapehoking. mayfield teaches

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

FABIO TAVARES

Fabio Tavares is a queer Brazilian artist who’s been obsessed with the human body in action from a very young age. He started off as a competitive Gymnast before running away to join the circus at the age of 15 where he got his first professional job as an acrobat.

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

ABOUT US | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Mission. Movement Research, founded in 1978, is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture PERFORMANCES & EVENTS A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights at Judson Memorial Church throughout the Fall and Spring seasons. Movement Research at the Judson Church is one of a number of MR programs intended to serve as a creative laboratory and incubator for wide-ranging artistic investigations in movement-based forms; this series is a platform for artists at various stages of their creative development. VIRTUALLY REAL CONTACT PRACTICE This MELT workshop will be offered both virtually via Zoom.. Consult our Frequently Asked Questions for additional support. Before joining class, review Online Class Best Practices About this workshop: These classes will utilize the skills and disciplines of the study of Contact Improvisation to dimensionalize and reinforce the solo dance as a state of readiness towards reflexive and

INTERNSHIPS

Movement Research offers a variety of internship opportunities for artists and emerging arts workers ages 18 and up. We offer ongoing internships during our Fall and Spring seasons, as well as winter and summer internships geared to college and university students and

recent graduates.

MR PERFORMANCE JOURNAL Download. Since its inception in 1990, the Movement Research Performance Journal has fostered the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. Created by and for artists, the journal provides a unique forum for critical, rigorous, and creative exploration of the politics of

performance

CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE 150 First Avenue, 1st Floor Studios & 2nd Floor Office, New York, NY 10009. 212-598-0551. Contact Us CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE One of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms.

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

CRITICAL CORRESPONDENCE One of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms.

NORA THOMPSON

Nora Thompson lives and works in New York as a dance-maker, performer, writer, and arts administrator. Her dance aims to physicalize the unspeakable—pull to the ground and into the body, the theoretical. MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Movement Research Performance Journal. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you! ABOUT US | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Mission. Movement Research, founded in 1978, is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

LUCIANA ACHUGAR

luciana achugar is a Brooklyn choreographer from Uruguay who has been making work in NYC and Uruguay independently since 1999. Her work is concerned with the post-colonial world, searching for an undoing of current power structures from the inside out through embodied healing rebellion practices. BIBA BELL DISCUSSES DANCE AS A PROMISCUOUS MODE OF Biba Bell (b. 1976, Sebastopol) is a writer, dancer, and choreographer. She has a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University where her research focused on contemporary choreography’s geographic interventions within dance's architectural, disciplinary, and artistic homes and theatrical houses.

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

MOVEMENT RESEARCHCLASS CARDSSTUDIO SPACECALENDAREVENTSPROGRAMSPUBLICATIONS Movement Research Performance Journal. Started in 1990, the Performance Journal is a printed forum created by and for artists, fostering the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. CLASSES | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Classes, Workshops & MELT. Our low-cost, ongoing, drop-in classes and workshops are led by established, progressive dance artists. During Covid-19, Movement Research is offering mostly FREE online classes through Zoom. Movement Research online programming is FREE, and we welcome donations of any size on our "Support" tab ^ Thank you! ABOUT US | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Mission. Movement Research, founded in 1978, is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture

CHARITY COLEMAN

Charity Coleman is the author of There, There (a forthcoming collection of essays and elegies) and Julyiary (O'clock Press, 2015).Her criticism, poetry, and prose has appeared in BOMB, Prelude, The Brooklyn Rail, Dolce Stil Criollo, Joans Digest, Fanzine, Entropy,

and elsewhere.

NITA LITTLE

Nita Little is a dance activist for relational intelligence, a purpose which began with her participation in the emergence and development of Contact Improvisation (CI). Specializing in dance improvisation as a choreographic, performance, and research form, Little shapes dancer’s physical attention in order to investigate the technical and creative potentials of embodiment.

BODYMIND DANCING™

BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering®. With camera on or off, feel free to move in anyway to the verbal and

movement cues

MILTA VEGA-CARDONA

Milta Vega-Cardona is an Organizer and Core Trainer with the Peoples Institute for Survival and Beyond, providing Undoing Racism, workshops and technical assistance in Antiracist Organizing, leadership development, and Transformational Change. As part of the multi-racial, multi-cultural Leadership Team, Milta provides the guidance and supports the logistics in the antiracist organizing in the

LUCIANA ACHUGAR

luciana achugar is a Brooklyn choreographer from Uruguay who has been making work in NYC and Uruguay independently since 1999. Her work is concerned with the post-colonial world, searching for an undoing of current power structures from the inside out through embodied healing rebellion practices. BIBA BELL DISCUSSES DANCE AS A PROMISCUOUS MODE OF Biba Bell (b. 1976, Sebastopol) is a writer, dancer, and choreographer. She has a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University where her research focused on contemporary choreography’s geographic interventions within dance's architectural, disciplinary, and artistic homes and theatrical houses.

EVA KARCZAG

Eva Karczag. Independent dance artist. For the past four decades has practiced, taught, and advocated for explorative methods of dance making. She danced with the Trisha Brown Dance Company from 1979–85. Currently performs solo and collaborative work, and teaches

internationally.

ABOUT US | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Mission. Movement Research, founded in 1978, is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture PERFORMANCES & EVENTS A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights at Judson Memorial Church throughout the Fall and Spring seasons. Movement Research at the Judson Church is one of a number of MR programs intended to serve as a creative laboratory and incubator for wide-ranging artistic investigations in movement-based forms; this series is a platform for artists at various stages of their creative development. CALENDAR | MOVEMENT RESEARCH 150 First Avenue, 1st Floor Studios & 2nd Floor Office, New York, NY 10009. 212-598-0551. Contact Us

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LISA NELSON

Lisa Nelson. LISA NELSON is a dance-maker, improvisational performer, and collaborative artist who has been exploring the role of the senses in the performance and observation of movement since the 70s. From an investigation of video and dance, she developed an approach to real-time editing and collaborative performance she calls "Tuning

Scores."

ANTONIJA LIVINGSTONE Antonija Livingstone. Canadian choreographer and dancer Antonija Livingstone is based in. Berlin and works mostly in France at the threshold of performance and. dance. Livingstone grew up in the midst of a family of geologists in. itinerant gold mining camps and remote communities in British Colombia. and Yukon, Canada and continues to

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FUNDA GUL | MOVEMENT RESEARCH Funda Gul. Native of Ankara, Turkey. Funda came to the US for her graduate degree in Mathematics in 2009. A naturally gifted mover, Funda has studied various movement disciplines beginning with Aikido in 2005 eventually earning her Black Belt. She then continued her movement journey and earned instructor certifications in Systema and

Yoga.

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