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 | April 22, 2024

Earthworks, Cara Hagan, ms. z tye

Mon, Apr 22, 2024

Company [REDACTED] performing for Movement Research at the Judson Church. The photo os taken from above. dancers are moving in the space. There are three duets and they all wear white. They push pull and climb on each other. Photo by Rachel Keane.
Category: Workshop

Sounding Body Series: Revelatory Vibration

Tatyana Tenenbaum

Thu, May 2 - May 23, 2024

Tatyana wears a bright patterned shirt with arms pressed firmly into the floor. Her eyes are closed and her open mouth hovers over a microphone. Blurred hair suggests movement. Photo by Maria Baranova.
Category: Events

Movement Research at the Judson Church | May 6, 2024

j. bouey, Marie Lloyd Paspe

Mon, May 6, 2024

Photo of Julian Barnett's performance for Movement Research at the Judson Church. Two on dancer balances the other on their shoulders. They both hold their arms out for balance. On the right a musician plays a thin wind instrument. Photo by Rachel Keane.

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Graphic with text over an image. Photo from K.J. Holmes MELT workshop. Dancers move and improvise in different areas. In the foreground two dancers practice contact improvisation. One dancer sits on the ground leaning on another dancer, Movement Research intern Clara Kim who is posed in a downward dog position. Text reads, Summer 2024 MELT, July 8-24, In-Person Workshops
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Summer MELT Registration opens April 22!

MELT Intensives are a series of daily workshops in technique, somatics, improvisation, composition and other areas offered each summer and winter. These workshops provide students with the unique opportunity to engage with some of the most highly regarded and innovative artists in the field of dance today. Don’t miss out on your opportunity to build a movement practice with creativity, somatics, and reflection with our amazing line up of MELT!

Movement Research Performance Journal

Issue #58/59

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During a moment in Everything Must Go, Tess Dworman appears to be grasping for something from behind the front cover of a book which covers her face. Image by Kayhl Cooper.

Critical Correspondence

Nothing Must Impress: Tess Dworman and Sonya Gadet-Molansky In Conversation

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Critical Correspondence

Leaving Room for Magic: a Conversation between Augusta Sparks Farnum and Rori Smith