A group of dancers in a light space lift their right leg in unison, bringing their right foot to their left knee. Lifting their right arm up at a right angle with the left arm just below.

A leading laboratory 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 and instigate discourse and experimentation.

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Category: Events

Movement Research at the Judson Church | December 2, 2024

Sunhi Willa Keller, Roxanne Young, Babou Sanneh

Mon, Dec 2, 2024

Paul Hamilton. Movement Research at the Judson Church. A dancer wearing a white jacket painted with black abstract patterning reaches one arm straight up, the other to the side. Their gaze is straight down at the floor. Photo by Rachel Keane.
Category: Class

Feldenkrais Method®, Awareness Through Movement®

Marion Helfenstein

Wed, Dec 4, 2024 - Jan 29, 2025

A photo of students practicing movement during a class. They lie on their backs on blue mats. One leg extended downward and the other leg was propped up with their knee bent and the foot pressed into the floor. Photo courtesy of the faculty.
Category: Workshop

Sounding Body Series: Your Voice is a Movement

Peter Sciscioli

Thu, Dec 5 - Dec 19, 2024

Peter Sciscioli leads participants in an exercise helping to connect their voices into space, extending through their arms and hands. Photo by Nikola Gyulmezov.

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2025 Winter MELT graphic. White text on a dark blue background. Text reads, Movement Research Winter 2025 MELT Jan 13 - 31 Register today!
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Registration for 2025 Winter MELT is now open!

Movement Research’s Winter and Summer intensives feature innovative teachers and creators exploring pertinent topics in dance today. Workshops include technique, composition, somatic practices, and improvisation as well as non-studio topics like lighting design, reading groups, and “movie” nights.

Classes and Workshops
Peter Sciscioli leads participants in an exercise helping to connect their voices into space, extending through their arms and hands. Photo by Nikola Gyulmezov.

Sounding Body Series: Your Voice is a Movement

Type of postEvents
A graphic of the 2025 Bates Dance Festival Train and Create faculty: Gerald Casel, Cynthia Oliver, Kimani Fowlin, Christina Jane Robson and Shayla- Vie Jenkins.

Train and Create

Classes and Workshops
A photo of students practicing movement during a class. They lie on their backs on blue mats. One leg extended downward and the other leg was propped up with their knee bent and the foot pressed into the floor. Photo courtesy of the faculty.

Feldenkrais Method®, Awareness Through Movement®