Image taken from above. MELT Summer 2023 Workshop taught by Joanna Kotze at Judson Memorial Church. Dancers lie on their backs with arms spread out. One leg is also extended out as the other seems to be in motion bending at the knee and floating of the ground. Photo by Rachel Keane.

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Category: Events

Movement Research at the Judson Church | June 2, 2025

Marielys Burgos Meléndez, Katherine Paola De La Cruz, Alexa West

Mon, Jun 2, 2025

A photo from Jung Woong Kim's work for movement Research at the Judson Church. One dancer in the center wearing a yellow cloth over their face and gesturing upwards and downwards with their arms they wear a red top and brown pants. Another dancer in the background walks toward the first wearing a purple outfit. In the foreground a large red cloth is spread on the ground along with strips of blue fabric and beige material. Photo by Rachel Keane
Category: Events

Open Performance | June 3, 2025

Tue, Jun 3, 2025

From the MR Archives, 2018 Open Performance. A group of performers in action in an open studio. Photo by intern.
Category: Class

Pilates

luciana achugar

Tue, Jun 3 - Jun 24, 2025

Two light skinned dancers' upper bodies one in front of the other. Front dancer is wearing a gold sequined leotard opened on the sides and back dancer is wearing a lace navy blue bra with pants pulled down to just above the pubic area. The dancer in front (Molly Lieber) has her arms stretched upwards in a V shape and the dancer in back (luciana achugar) is looking down and has her arms down by her sides also stretched out in a quasi V shape. Photo by Scott Shaw.

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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

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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 June 30!

Movement Research Performance Journal

Issue #60