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.
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. For five years (1999-2003), Movement Research hosted the IF/NY as one of its programs, 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.
Fall 2011/Winter 2012
December 3
Movement Research Festival
Margaret Paek
December 8
Movement Research FALL 2008 Festival
Mårten Spångberg
November 28
DEVOTION
Leigh Evans and Raïna von Waldenburg
Danspace Project , 8:00 pm
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY
FREE
Diving into their inner landscape, these two artists use their theatrical creations differently to refresh our gaze and present a bold vision of commitment, investigation and passion.
December 1
DEVOTION/RIGOR/SUSTAINABILITY: Mixing it Up
Margaret Paek, Lindsey Drury, and Javier Baca
Danspace Project , 8:00 pm
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY
$8 Danspace Project Members/$12 Non-Members
www.danspaceproject.org
We're turning it over to the upstarts to bring these qualities of Devotion, Rigor and Sustainability together. With a fresh eye and boundless energy, three emerging artists "Mix It Up." Curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones, a pillar in the field of dance, who has his finger on the pulse of the new and curious.
December 2
RIGOR
luciana achugar, Levi Gonzalez, Emily Roysdon, and David Watson
Danspace Project , 8:00 pm
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY
$8 Danspace Project Members/$12 Non-Members
www.danspaceproject.org
How do four artists from different disciplines work together to create an evening length piece, brought together thoughtfully, but by chance? Putting pieces of themselves and their work together to complete the puzzle of performance, each artist already embodies the themes of devotion and sustainability, and now must join forces to bring a rigor of attention to meet the challenge.
December 3
SUSTAINABILITY
Pooh Kaye & Sally Silvers, Julyen Hamilton and Channel Z: Paul Langland, Daniel Lepkoff, Diane Madden & Nina Martin, and more!
Danspace Project , 8:00 pm
131 East 10th Street
New York, NY
$8 Danspace Project Members/$12 Non-Members
www.danspaceproject.org
Each of these artists has performed in previous festivals and exhibit a continuity to their work that has stood the test of time. From a solo by Julyen Hamilton, to a duet by Sally Silvers and Pooh Kaye, and a group improvisation by the members of Channel Z, the evening unfolds to reveal a depth of character that comes through connection, investigation and wisdom.
December 4
Epilogue - Open Movement - Improvisation Jam
Facilitated by K.J. Holmes
Hundred Grand Dance/Bill Young, 2:30 pm
100 Grand St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10013
$5
The final event of this year’s festival will be an Open Movement - Improvisation Jam. For all festival participants, and for those who have not had a chance to take classes, this Jam will be a framework for playing with time, space, movement, music, poetry, the unknown, the known. Facilitated by K.J. Holmes. 2:30-5:30pm
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 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.
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?
- * Movement Research Artist-in-Residence 2011
- ** Movement Research Artist-in-Residence 2010
- *** in collaboration with Austrian Cultural Forum New York
- • Provided through the generous support of the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College
