The Movement Research Festival finds its roots in the Improvisation Festival/New York (IF/NY), initiated in 1992 by Sondra Loring (a MR Artist-in-Residence at the time) and Julie Carr. In 1999 IF/NY became a programs of Movement Research, under the curation of Programming Director Amanda Loulaki. In 2004, Movement Research created an artist-curator format, and, beginning in 2006, Movement Research established the festival as a twice-annual event.
The Fall Festival is shaped by Movement Research's programming staff in collaboration with Festival Curators, who bring their own interests and ideas to specific festival events. The Spring Festival is produced by a group of artist-curators who determine the emphasis, shape, and programming. Together, these two approaches allow for a varied investigation and exploration into current artistic concerns and reflect Movement Research's mission of valuing artists, their creative process and their vital role within society.
Curated by Layla Childs, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko and Samita Sinha
Spring 2015
December 3
Movement Research Festival
Margaret Paek
December 8
Movement Research FALL 2008 Festival
MÄrten SpÄngberg
June 2
Spring Festival
Performances by Ellen Fisher, Sondra Loring and Pile of Shit: excrement from the festival activities, what remains, what smells and what evolves.
May 11
OPENING
Sunny Jain, Malcolm Low / Formal Structure, Okwui Okpokwasili, Patricia Noworol Dance Theater
May 12
Spring Festival: Placing Performance
Moderated by Sarah Maxfield
Panelists: AUNTS, Megan Bridge, and others.
Gibney Dance at 890 Broadway, 6:15 pm
890 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
What words do we use, arrange, invent, and discover to talk about the particular communicative power of performance work? How does geographic location and environment influence the creation, languaging, and understanding of dance and performance? How do digital/ virtual sites affect the consumption of dance as a living, complex, emotionally dense form? Join Sarah Maxfield, AUNTS, Megan Bridge, and the co-curators of the 2015 MR Spring Festival for an intimate conversation about locality, environmental and digital influence, and curatorial process. Part of Movement Research Festival Spring 2015: LEGIBLE/ILLEGIBLE.
May 13
Spring Festival: Freedom Station
Samita Sinha, Sunny Jain, Grey McMurray
Barbés, 8:00 pm
376 9th St
Brooklyn, NY
FREE
Tongues in Trees Come hear music and have a drink with the curatorial team and friends! Part of Movement Research Festival Spring 2015: LEGIBLE/ILLEGIBLE.
May 14
Spring Festival: Freedom Station (Kid Friendly)
Prospect Park, 2:00 pm
Southern end of the long medow
Brooklyn, NY
The artist/parent: conundrum or harmony? Bring blankets, bring the little ones, take a break from the binaries to share conversation about finding balance in the roles of artist and parent, and more broadly about the integration of art and life practice...as we simply enjoy a day outside together with our kids! Part of Movement Research Festival Spring 2015: LEGIBLE/ILLEGIBLE.
May 15
BETWEEN THE NO LONGER AND THE STILL TO COME
Alex Escalante, Bonnie Jones, Paul Matteson, Dana Michel, Jumatatu Poe of idiosynCrazy Productions
Triskelion Arts, The Muriel Schulman Theater, 8:00 pm
106 Calyer St
Brooklyn, NY
$10
In this evening of diverse sound, dance and performance works, a common thread of translation (secret or otherwise) runs throughout. Presented in partnership with Triskelion Arts. Part of Movement Research Festival Spring 2015: LEGIBLE/ILLEGIBLE.
May 16
Spring Festival: Something of the Ecstatic
Kia Labeija and Lion, Dana Michel, and Antonio Ramos and the gang bangers
Tandem Bar, 8:00 pm
236 Troutman St
Brooklyn, NY
suggested donation $5
An unmissable night of performances by Kia Labeija and Lion, Dana Michel, and Antonio Ramos and the gang bangers, live music by Sunny Jain (Red Baraat), and dance party with the legendary DJ Rekha. Part of Movement Research Festival Spring 2015: LEGIBLE/ILLEGIBLE.
May 17
Spring Festival: THE WILD BEYOND / FINAL CLEARING
Pauline Oliveros and Ione, Vanessa Anspaugh, Susan Rethorst, and Netta Yerushalmy, Marc Crousillat, devynnemory/beastproductions
Mount Tremper Arts, 3:30 pm
647 South Plank Rd
Mt Tremper, NY 12457
$20 all inclusive
3:30-4:30pm Workshop: Deep Listening with Pauline Oliveros and Ione will include an Introduction to Deep Listening with history, theory and practice as well as experiential Dream Awareness Practice with Ione. 5-6pm Performances with devynnemory/beastproductions in collaboration with Vanessa Anspaugh, Susan Rethorst, and Netta Yerushalmy in collaboration with Marc Crousillat. 6pm Closing Provocation: an experiential exploration of space and performance. A clearing walk in the garden. We will venture North. 6:30pm Shuttles depart for NYC Mount Tremper Arts (Catskill Mountains) See website for transportation options including festival shuttle.
November 30
FESTIVAL | a dialectic of dark and light
Opening night Movement Research Festival Fall 2015 featuring Jaamil Olawale Kosoko in collaboration with Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste
June 6
Movement Research at the Judson Church
Justin Cabrillos, Anna Carapetyan, Ayano Elson, Marguerite Hemmings, Michael Mahalchick, Sarah Maxfield, BASHIR DAVIID NAIM, Marissa Perel, Randy Reyes, Julia Santoli, Lily Bo Shapiro, Anna Adams Stark
June 7
Festival Studies Project: PASSAGE
Festival Curated by Aretha Aoki, Elliott Jenetopulos, Eleanor Smith and Tara Aisha Willis
Moderated by Risa Shoup with panelists Anna Carapetyan, devynn emory, Robert Kocik, and iele paloumpis.
Gibney Dance at 890 Broadway, 6:30 pm
890 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
This Studies Project will bring together dance artists who also work in the field of care-giving: end-of-life, beginning-of-life, navigators of illness and wellness. Why do many dancers become doulas? What is the overlap between guiding bodies through the cycles of life, and guiding bodies through space? What is it that draws dance artists to this profession? How do we acknowledge the specific needs of different communities and that all care is not equal/universal?
- * 2014 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence
- ** 2013 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence
- *** 2015 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence
- • MRX/Latvia
