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

Vice Chair

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

Maura Donohue

(September 2015 – present) Assistant Professor at CUNY Hunter College

Stephen Facey

Chair

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

Molly Gross

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

Ishmael Houston-Jones

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

Sarah Michelson

(July 2013 – Present) Choreographer; Curator

Carla Peterson

(2002-2011; Sept 2012 – present) Director, Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography

Will Rawls

Secretary

(December 2009 – present) Independent Choreographer, Performer and Producer

Steve Staso

(2005-2013; September 2014 – present) Filmmaker; Visual artist; Dance enthusiast

Michèle Steinwald

(March 2013 – present) Independent dance curator and presenter; Community Engagement Consultant, The Cowles Center

Edisa Weeks

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

Dana Whitco

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

Guy Yarden

Treasurer

(1989-91; 1995-97; 2003-2014; 2015 – present) Composer and Administrator

Staff

Barbara Bryan

Executive Director

Lindsey Dietz Marchant

Managing Director

Amanda Loulaki

Programming Director

Anna Adams Stark

Programs and Events Manager

Alice MacDonald

Programs and Events Associate

Greer Dworman

Operations Manager

Breeanah Breeden

Operations Associate

Megan Kendzior

Development Manager

Tara Sheena

Development Associate

Catherine Galasso

Media & Communications Manager

José Rivera, Jr.

Media & Communications Associate

Marýa Wethers

Director of International Initiatives

Diana Crum

Dance Makers in the Schools Program Director

J. Soto

Programs Coordinator for Equity and Inclusion Initiatives

Kay Ottinger

Movement Research at the Judson Church Coordinator

Martita Abril

Open Performance Coordinator

Rainey White

Studies Project Coordinator

Publications

Moriah Evans

Lauren Bakst

Tess Dworman

Mariana Valencia

Interns

Samantha Bergman

Nikki Cella

Mauri Connors

Lu Shirley Dai

Zoë Galle

Leanna Grennan

Feng Jiang

Haleigh Nelson

Benedict Nguyen

Mercedes Searer

Madelyn Sher

Nola Sporn Smith

Lea Torelli

Advisory Boards

Artists of Color Council (AoCC)

Ehizoje Azeke

Stanley Gambucci

Ryutaro Mishima

Alicia Ohs

Lisa Parra

Veleda Roehl

Lily Bo Shapiro

J. Soto

Brittany Williams

Artist Advisory Council

niv Acosta

Laurie Berg

Walter Dundervill

Alex Escalante

Marjani Forté-Saunders

Joe Levasseur

Mariangela Lopez

Melanie Maar

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