2025 Summer MELT with Jordan Demitrius Lloyd; several dancers in a studio.

Rachel Keane

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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Fall Season begins Sep 15, 2025 | Learn more here

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What's upcoming at Movement Research

Category: Events

Artists of Color Council Meeting

Sat, Sep 13, 2025 - Jun 13, 2026

2025 AoCC Cookout attendees smile at the camera in front of a tree. Aisha Bee Photography.
Category: Class

Klein Technique™/Stretch & Placement

Barbara Mahler

Mon, Sep 15 - Dec 15, 2025

A photo of Barbara Mahler guiding a student during her class. The student faces away from the camera in a soft forward fold, letting their shoulders and head fall forwards. Barbara places a hand at the student’s sacrum and behind their thigh. Barbara wears a bright multicolored top with pink, blue and yellow patterns. Photo by Rachel Keane.
Category: Events

Studies Project: Activating the Decolonization Rider

Emily Johnson, Leomary Rodriguez

Tue, Sep 16, 2025

A hand-written message written in black marker appears on an indigo-blue fabric square. It reads,

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Critical Correspondence

[Cancer Dancer] leaving fear at the door: A Writing by Sue Roginski

Every 4 months I go to City of Hope (CofH) for my oncology visit.

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A screen shot of Catalyst's Decolonization Rider shows the initial text of the document, beginning

Studies Project: Activating the Decolonization Rider

In this Studies Project we will ask questions such as: How can artists utilize the Decolonization Rider to ensure safe and justice centered engagements with cultural institutions? How can it be used as a tool for accompliceship? How do presenting organizations start their necessary decolonization work?

About our Classes and Workshops
A photo of Barbara Mahler guiding a student during her class. The student faces away from the camera in a soft forward fold, letting their shoulders and head fall forwards. Barbara places a hand at the student’s sacrum and behind their thigh. Barbara wears a bright multicolored top with pink, blue and yellow patterns. Photo by Rachel Keane.

Klein Technique™/Stretch & Placement

About our Classes and Workshops
Malcolm sits on a stack of red chairs, he looks directly to the camera leaning slightly right. Photo courtesy of the artist.

CHASING THE FRAMEWORK