2023 Summer MELT with K.J. Holmes; several dancers at Judson Church engaged in various shapes and forms, some making contact with each other while others lay on the floor, another pair in the foreground of the photo is upside down supporting themselves with the ground. Photo by Rachel Keane

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Category: Workshop

dancing

Jennifer Nugent

Jul 21 - Jul 25, 2025

A group of dancers walks through St. Marks Church during a class. The photo is taken from above. The floor is a blonde wood. Photo by Tori Lawrence.
Category: Workshop

What is my body doing when I am not conscious of it? Material and principles of Steve Paxton

K.J. Holmes

Jul 21 - Jul 25, 2025

Steve Paxton in a white shirt, dances in a dark room.
Category: Workshop

Queering Cunningham / Queering Form and Process: Performance Making Strategies

Neil Greenberg

Jul 21 - Jul 25, 2025

12 adult dancers are spread across the wooden floor of St. Mark's Church, with three notebooks lying on the floor as well. The dancer are white, brown, and Asian, some masculine-presenting and some feminine-presenting. Two dancers are in the midst of movement on the floor, the remainder of the dancers are in the midst of movement whilst standing. No two dancers are alike. Photo by Ashley. a friend of Movement Research.

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Featured

A red graphic with Summer MELT dates. Jul 7 through Aug 1.
Type of postWorkshops

Summer MELT

Movement Research’s Winter and Summer intensives feature innovative teachers and creators exploring pertinent topics in dance today.

Critical Correspondence
Allie stands facing away from the camera with her head turned to the right, revealing one side of her face. She wears a white tank top and jeans and is shrouded in shadow and light. The background is an inky black.

This is Not an Accident: a Conversation between Allie Hankins and Symara Sarai

As dancers, you start with the first object: the medium of the body, as a way to understand or digest what's inside of you and what's occurring around you.

Type of postArtist Opportunities and Programs
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 August 31!

Movement Research Performance Journal

Issue #60