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

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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Category: Events

GPS Chats: Reports from the Field

Yanira Castro

Tue, Jun 9, 2026

Yanira is against a black background. Her hands are raised above her head, palms forward. She looks down in profile. Photo by Simon Courchel.
Category: Events

Playing the Hits: Dancing with the Stars!

Okwui Okpokwasili, Kim Brandt

Sun, Jun 14, 2026

Okwui Okpokwasili reads from a brightly lit paper in a darkened room. She is a Nigerian woman wearing a purple top. Photo by Ian Douglas.
Category: Events

Open Performance | Jun 16, 2026

Tue, Jun 16, 2026

A photo of an Open Performance artist standing in a deep back bend reaching towards the onlooking audience. 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

In every impact the stage is present, or does the blood take over

In this writing, Jordan Deal weaves personal anecdotes, theorizations, and performative texts, illustrating their artistic methodology called "chaos force."

Type of postWorkshop & Events
Two women side by side in performance respond to each other as if electrical sparks passed between them. Photo by Ian Douglas.

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
Yanira is against a black background. Her hands are raised above her head, palms forward. She looks down in profile. Photo by Simon Courchel.

GPS Chats: Reports from the Field