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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What's upcoming at Movement Research

Category: Events

Movement Research at the Judson Church | Jun 1, 2026

Melinda Ring, Stuart B Meyers, Veronica Santiago Moniello

Mon, Jun 1, 2026

Photo of New Kyd performing for Movement Research at the Judson Church. They're caught mid-step and reaching upward with one arm while the other bends at the elbow and reaches in front of their face. Photo by Ryutaro Mishima.
Category: Class

Morning Class

Vicky Shick

Jun 2 - Jun 18, 2026

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: Events

Open Performance | Jun 2, 2026

Tue, Jun 2, 2026

A photo of an Open performance artist: The artist stands in the middle of the apace and a sheer black fabric draped over their body billows out all around them. Photo by Rachel Keane.

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Featured

Performance of TERRANEA at Hammana Artist House (Lebanon 2022) with Leila Awadallah, Natasha Karam, and Andrea Fahed - image by Zaynab Mourad
Critical Correspondence

echoes that rumble through a rooted vessel: on Palestine, Lebanon, and the ground between us, with Noora Baker, Natasha Karam, and Leila Awadallah

This conversation between Noora Baker, Natasha Karam and Leila Awadallah took place on January 27th, 2026 in a ‘gathering’ that defied multiple occupations and imperial and settler

Critical Correspondence

Translation and Freedom: A Conversation between Riven Ratanavanh and Shannon Yu 余香儒

When I was introduced to Riven Ratanavanh’s practice, I was first struck by how radically personal yet so critical his writing is. He has a beautiful way of honestly reflecting his

Type of postWorkshop & Events

2026 Summer MELT

MELT Intensives are a series of daily workshops in technique, somatics, improvisation, composition and other areas offered each summer and winter.

Events
Photo of New Kyd performing for Movement Research at the Judson Church. They're caught mid-step and reaching upward with one arm while the other bends at the elbow and reaches in front of their face. Photo by Ryutaro Mishima.

Movement Research at the Judson Church | Jun 1, 2026