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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

Events

Open Performance | Mar 3, 2026

Tue, Mar 3, 2026

Open Performance with Joy Prendergast and Shoham Sakana Manela.

Class

Morning Class

Jennifer Nugent

Mar 3 - May 28, 2026

a white woman with a shaved head, wearing blue sweatpants and a black and gray shirt, moves through phrase material, leaning into right hip, left leg lifted and bent, elbows bent while the right swings forward and the left arm swings back. Photo by Rosa Wolff.

Class

Pilates

marion spencer

Tue, Mar 3 - Mar 31, 2026

Marion dances on a deck in the woods, arms suspended in the air with her hands in fists. Photo by Anna Maynard.

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Critical Correspondence

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

In this intimate and honest conversation, choreographers and mothers Anabella Lenzu and Preeti Vasudevan open up about the complex intersection of motherhood, identity, and artisti

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