About Us

Mission

Movement Research is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture and instigate discourse and experimentation. Movement Research strives to reflect the cultural, political and economic diversity of its moving community, including artists and audiences alike.

Strategic Plan

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Board of Directors

Barbara Bryan

Executive Director

(January 2000 – present) Performing Arts Producer, Manager and Curator

Moira Brennan

Chair

(December 2011 – present) Executive Director, MAP Fund at Creative Capital

Adrienne Edwards

(October 2018–present) Engell Speyer Family Curator and Curator of Performance, The Whitney Museum

Stephen Facey

Treasurer

(September 2010 – present) formerly Executive Vice President, Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine

Boo Froebel

(March 2009 – June 2016, September 2017 - present) Producer, Curator, Consultant

Molly Gross

(December 2013 – present) Communications Director, The Drawing Center

Ishmael Houston-Jones

Secretary

(2003-2012; July 2013–present) Writer; Curator; Performer and Choreographer

Sarah Michelson

(July 2013 – Present) Choreographer; Curator

Kay Takeda

(September 2018–present) Senior Director of Artist Programs, Joan Mitchell Foundation

Edisa Weeks

(July 2016 – present) Assistant Professor of Dance, Queens College; Choreographer

Dana Whitco

(May 2013 – present) Director, Tisch Initiative for Creative Research, NYU

Staff

Barbara Bryan

Executive Director

Amanda Loulaki

Programming Director

Anna Adams Stark

Programs and Events Manager

Martita Abril

Programs & Events Associate, Movement Research at the Judson Church Coordinator

Greer Dworman

Operations Manager

Julienne “Jules” Rencher

Operations Associate

Amanda Stambrosky

Finance Associate

Mary Anne Bodnar

Media & Communications Manager

Caroline Ciferno

Media and Archive Assistant

Marýa Wethers

Director of International Initiatives

Diana Crum

Dance Makers in the Schools Program Director

J. Soto

Programs Coordinator for Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

Megan Kendzior

Development Consultant

Njeri Rutherford

Development Associate

Rainey White

Studies Project Coordinator

Donna Carnow

Open Performance Coordinator

Publications

Moriah Evans

Performance Journal Editor-in-Chief

John Arthur Peetz

Performance Journal Managing Editor

Niall Jones

Performance Journal Associate Editor

Amelia Bande

Critical Correspondence Co-Editor

Lydia Okrent

Critical Correspondence Co-Editor

Interns

Julia Antinozzi

Natalie Black

Janet Cesarotti

Ellie Cherry

Sandy Doria

Nisha Ha

Nadia Hannan

Andrew Kim

K.Go

Jessica Lam

Aleah Lazar

Nikole Pittman

Portia Wells

Alexa West

Katherine Wilkinson

Mercedes Searer

Natalia Flores Zalles

Advisory Boards

Artists of Color Council (AoCC)

Oluwadamilare Ayorinde

Ehizoje Azeke

Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán

Stanley Gambucci

lily bo shapiro

J. Soto

Remi Harris

Artist Advisory Council

niv Acosta

Laurie Berg

Walter Dundervill

Marjani Forté-Saunders

Danielle Goldman

Joe Levasseur

Mariangela Lopez

Melanie Maar

Jennifer Miller

Jill Sigman

Kathy Westwater

Advisory Board

Wendell Beavers

David Dorfman

Simone Forti

Cynthia Hedstrom

Bill T. Jones

Daniel Lepkoff

Mary Overlie

Steve Paxton

Yvonne Rainer

Jim Staley