2024 Movement Research Annual Gala

Join Movement Research on the final journey of making a home for experimental artists in New York City! For 40 years MR was without its own home — rarely having both office and studio space in the same building, with dancers committedly criss-crossing lower Manhattan from Varick Street, Avenue A, Elizabeth Street, Broadway, Washington Square, 10th Street, 19th Street, Avenue C, and more. It took the entire community to bolster this organization over decades; our labor of love to teach one another, learn from one another and dance together. Finally, in January 2019, MR moved into 150 First Avenue, our first long-term home dedicated and committed to supporting movement-based experimental artists. Not a small feat in this city! Now, Movement Research is beginning a Capital Campaign for the final phase of building and making a permanent home for experimental dancers in New York City. Movement Research is building-out its two studio spaces located in the 122 Cultural Center, 150 First Avenue, to create: two dance studios, a vestibule, and a Meeting & Resource Room for Movement Research, as well as a Community Multipurpose Room for the 122 Cultural Center.