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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: Workshop

Our Morning Physicality

Vicky Shick

Jul 15 - Jul 19, 2024

Photo of Vicky Shick teaching for Summer MELT at the Judson Church. She stands in front of the class while the dancers follow her. Her body weight is shifted on one leg while both her legs are bent. She is in a slightly crouched position, her torso curves to one side and her arm comes up with a bend at the elbow. Photo by Rachel Keane.
Category: Workshop

Fast: medicinal movement practice for Black Artists

Sage Ni’Ja Whitson

Jul 15 - Jul 19, 2024

Sage Ni'Ja Whitson, a dark skinned Black transgender artist balances on one leg with arms outstretched. They are in a low lit room. Photo by Scott Shaw.
Category: Workshop

Improvisations: “What is my body doing when I am not conscious of it?”

K.J. Holmes

Jul 15 - Jul 19, 2024

Photo of a dancer leaping and placing her hand on a wall. The dancer creates a large shadow on the wall and the image is in black and white. Photo by Green Deng.

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Graphic with text over an image. Photo from K.J. Holmes MELT workshop. Dancers move and improvise in different areas. In the foreground two dancers practice contact improvisation. One dancer sits on the ground leaning on another dancer, Movement Research intern Clara Kim who is posed in a downward dog position. Text reads, Summer 2024 MELT, July 8-24, In-Person Workshops
Type of postClasses & Workshops

Summer MELT Registration opens NOW!

MELT Intensives are a series of daily workshops in technique, somatics, improvisation, composition and other areas offered each summer and winter. These workshops provide students with the unique opportunity to engage with some of the most highly regarded and innovative artists in the field of dance today. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to build a movement practice with creativity, somatics, and reflection with our amazing line up of MELT!

Movement Research Performance Journal

Issue #60

Type of postPublications

Critical Correspondence

Fruits of Our Labor: a conversation between Catherine Cabeen and Tatiana Borchetta

Type of postPublications
Guest editor Leah Wilks and Annie Dwyer are photographed planning Experiential Anatomy Workshop from the outside of a barred window. Photo credit to Em Pike.

Critical Correspondence

Don’t Miss It: a conversation between Annie Dwyer and Sherone Price