About Us

Mission

Movement Research, founded in 1978, 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.

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Board of Directors

Ishmael Houston-Jones

Chair

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

Kay Takeda

Vice Chair

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

Stephen Facey

Treasurer

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

Edisa Weeks

Secretary

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

Kevin Beasley

(September 2019 – Present)

Barbara Bryan

Executive Director

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

Yanira Castro

(July 2019 – Present) Interdisciplinary Dance Artist

Adrienne Edwards

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

Boo Froebel

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

André Lepecki

(December 2019 – Present) Professor and Chair, Dept. of Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU

Sarah Michelson

(July 2013 – Present) Choreographer; Curator

Staff

Barbara Bryan

Executive Director

Anna Adams Stark

Managing Director

Amanda Loulaki

Programming Director

Martita Abril

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

Amanda Stambrosky

Finance Associate

Hilary Brown-Istrefi

Development Manager

Ursula Eagly

Grant Writer

Marýa Wethers

Director, GPS/Global Practice Sharing program

Hetty King

Dance Makers in the Schools Program Director

Donna Carnow

Open Performance Coordinator

Christopher Unpezverde Núñez

Program Director

Mariah Busk

Operations Manager

Marielys Burgos Meléndez

Media & Communications Manager

Caroline Ciferno

Media and Archive Associate

Ellie Cherry

Interim Programs Associate

Publications

mayfield brooks

Performance Journal Co-Editor-in-Chief

Joshua Lubin-Levy

Performance Journal Co-Editor-in-Chief

John Arthur Peetz

Performance Journal Managing Editor

Moriah Evans

Performance Journal Editorial Director

Leslie Cuyjet

Critical Correspondence Co-Editor

Anh Vo

Critical Correspondence Co-Editor

Interns

Phoebe Ballard

Allison Hsu

Poorva Singh

Adrienne Swan

Advisory Boards

Artists of Color Council (AoCC)

Jessica Angima

Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán

Monica Nyenkan

​Imani Rameses

Nami Yamamoto

Artist Advisory Council

Laurie Berg

Marjani Forté-Saunders

Danielle Goldman

Joe Levasseur

Mariangela Lopez

Melanie Maar

Jennifer Miller

jill sigman/thinkdance

Kathy Westwater

Advisory Board

Wendell Beavers

David Dorfman

Simone Forti

Cynthia Hedstrom

Bill T. Jones

Daniel Lepkoff

Steve Paxton

Yvonne Rainer

Jim Staley

Mary Overlie (In Memoriam)