2023 Summer MELT with K.J. Holmes; several dancers at Judson Church engaged in various shapes and forms, some making contact with each other while others lay on the floor, another pair in the foreground of the photo is upside down supporting themselves with the ground. Photo by Rachel Keane

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Category: Workshop

Finding our Dancing Body

Vicky Shick

Jul 14 - Jul 18, 2025

A photo from Vicky Shick's workshop for MELT 2023. Dancers move close to each other. In the center a dancer wearing purple pants stands with knees bent. One hand rests on their upper thigh while their torso spirals following the movement with their other arm forming a curve. Their short orange hair whips around their face. Photo by Rachel Keane
Category: Workshop

The Pleasure Practice: A Spell for Utopia

luciana achugar

Jul 14 - Jul 18, 2025

During a workshop in the Courtyard Studio. luciana teaching with hair flying upwards hiding face and arms and hands open to sides. Some students on the floor with arms up, others upright in movement. Photo by Rachel Keane
Category: Workshop

Klein Technique™ – Watching Ourselves Move While We Move

Barbara Mahler

Jul 14 - Jul 18, 2025

Teaching photo of Barbara Mahler from the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts. Barbara helping a student during class; she gently places her hand on the small of the student's back and lower spine, the student brings their chin to chest.

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Featured

A red graphic with Summer MELT dates. Jul 7 through Aug 1.
Type of postWorkshops

Summer MELT

Movement Research’s Winter and Summer intensives feature innovative teachers and creators exploring pertinent topics in dance today.

Critical Correspondence
A dancer (devika) extends their right arm to the sky while perched on the ball of their right foot. Below them is a square of a reflective surface, and they face a soft green, lavender, and yellow backdrop. Photo credit to Kameron Herndon. Big Dance Theater,

I’m an Artist, I’m a Channel: A Conversation between Miguel Angel Guzmán and devika wickremesinghe

A dancer (devika) extends their right arm to the sky while perched on the ball of their right foot. Below them is a square of a reflective surface, and they face a soft green, lave

Type of postArtist Opportunities and Programs
A photo of the new studio at 122CC. An empty studio with grey marly and bright fluorescent lights. Photo by Raychel Ceciro.

Subsidized Rehearsal Space

The Movement Research Subsidized Rehearsal Space Program provides subsidized rehearsal space to artists involved in dance or movement-related processes at a rate as low as $10 per hour. Bookings now available through August 31!

Movement Research Performance Journal

Issue #60