• Mondays, Apr 14–May 5, 2025 | 10AM–12PM
  • Morning Classes
A photo of two dancers. One dancer carries the other over their shoulder. The second dancer places one hand on his partner's waist for support, their legs are bent. Photo by Paula Court .
ID: A photo of two dancers. One dancer carries the other over their shoulder. The second dancer places one hand on his partner's waist for support, their legs are bent. Photo by Paula Court .

Morning Class: Untypical and Portable: a body at home

This class aims to allow our bodies to experience dance that is in fluid dialogue with improvisational, compositional, choreographic, and visual art practices. We will access multiple threads at once such as: greater range of motion and articulation, isolated and momentum-driven movement forms, sense of scale, rhythm, alignment, ascent and descent, and dancing that supports a balanced square orientation over a vertical axis while traversing space and shifting off center in a mode that reflects a play between athleticism, performance, complexity, and a particular disposition.

What to expect:
The first portion of class is dedicated to warming up and preparing the body to move. I will encourage breath work, and provide improvisational scores that support coordination and anatomical/internal awareness; it is my hope, that this will help ground and open the body to personal, physical, and formal experimentation. As the class continues, music and learning set movement material will facilitate full dancing through the expanse of the studio.

Accessibility Notes

  • This class includes auditive guidance.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, Jon Kinzel” prior to the class date you plan to attend.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Jon Kinzel.”

Past class

Location

The Bob (previously known as 9th St Studio)
150 First Avenue
New York, NY 10009

  • Get the Green - IRT Lexington Avenue Line numbers: 6 to Astor Place
  • Get the Light slate gray - BMT Canarsie Line numbers: L to 1st Avenue
  • Get the Orange - IND Sixth Avenue Line numbers: F to 2nd Avenue

Faculty

Jon Kinzel

Jon Kinzel

Jon Kinzel has presented his work in a variety of national and international venues. He maintains a deeply interrelated choreographic and visual art practice. Recently, he presented Hudson Terminus (2025) at Hudson Hall in Hudson NY, and, he received a NYSCA Support for Artists (2025), FCA Grants to Artists (2025), MacDowell Fellowships (2024, 2020), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2023). He feels fortunate to have performed and collaborated with artists across several disciplines for many years. He has contributed to SCHIZM Magazine, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, MR Performance Journal, and SFMoMA’s Open Space. He has served as a sound designer, movement dramaturg, and curator. And he has taught within liberal arts, conservatory, and festival settings as well as in public schools throughout New York City.

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