MR@Judson MR AIR Maho Ogawa and dancers in various shapes. Photo by Rachel Keane.

Movement Research at the Judson Church. Photo by Rachel Keane

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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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What's upcoming at Movement Research

Category: Class

Releasing

Julie Mayo

Mon, Feb 16 - May 18, 2026

2 bodies from the neck down standing in various positions on hardwood floor; one in all black and one in a bright orange top and blue gray pants Photo courtesy of the artist.
Category: Workshop

etc. in continuum

Sarah Michelson

Feb 16 - Feb 27, 2026

Image of handwritten text - “OK Dance” in large text’ followed by “making together” in smaller text. Image by the artist.
Category: Class

Klein Technique™ / Stretch & Placement

Barbara Mahler

Mon, Feb 16 - Jun 22, 2026

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.

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Featured

Type of postPublications

Conversations

The Process of Self-Penetration, Motherhood and Art Making : A Conversation between Anabella Lenzu and Preeti Vasudevan

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Performance Journal

Issue #62 Autumn 2025/Winter 2026

Critical Correspondence
Jon Kinzel and Wally Cardona smiling and looking down as they stand in front of a wall covered with rabbit drawings. The wall is part of Jon Kinzel's project Atlantic Terminus at Invisible Dog in 2016.

Internal Landscape and External Environment: A Conversation between Jon Kinzel and Wally Cardona

Wally, Jon, and I met this fall in the loft of the late David Gordon and Valda Setterfield for an hour conversation that began with a discussion of them dancing together in 2016.

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MR Gala 2026

Join Movement Research and the 2026 Gala Co-Chairs on Tuesday, May 19 in honoring Okwui Okpokwasili & Peter Born/Sweat Variant, and Eleanor Savage!