Spring 2011

March 28
MRX
Moderated by Deborah Jowitt
Maree ReMalia***, Philip Connaughton•

Judson Church, 8:00 pm
55 Washington Square South
New York, NY

Join us after the Movement Research at the Judson Church program for a post-performance discussion with the artists, who include Ohio State University MFA candidate Maree ReMalia, Dance Ireland artist Philip Connaughton, and NYC-based artists Jon Kinzel (2009 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence) and Katy Pyle.

May 3
ICPP: Looking to New Models

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 7:00 pm
125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
New York, NY

Find out how the Institute for Curatorial Practices in Performance (ICPP), on the brink of its inaugural session, plans to address the needs and desires of constantly evolving communities of artists. Join Sam Miller (Co-Founder and Program Director, ICPP), Judy Hussie-Taylor (Advisor to ICPP and Executive Director of Danspace Project), Lydia Bell (Program Assistant, ICPP) and Ralph Lemon (Faculty, ICPP) for this informal discussion. Ãąâ‚ŹÅ“As we work to understand how performance can function within multiple landscapes, we must look to new models for understanding contemporary performance practiceÃąâ‚ŹÂ -excerpt from the ICPP mission. LMCC is located at 125 Maiden Lane in NYC.

May 18
Commissions
Moderated by Danielle Goldman
Jean Butler, Tere OÃąâ‚Źâ„ąConnor, Marya Wethers, Daria FaÃƒÂŻn, Sonja Kostich, Brandi Norton

Jimmy's no. 43, 7:00 pm
43 East 7th Street (b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY

How does power shift when dancers commission works from choreographers? This discussion will focus on the reasons for and ramifications of this kind of commissioning process, with a special focus on artistic concerns. Panelists include Jean Butler and Tere OÃąâ‚Źâ„ąConnor, Marya Wethers and Daria FaÃƒÂŻn, and Sonja Kostich and Brandi Norton of OtherShore.

June 9
Invitation to an evening @ Eden's Expressway
Hosted by Francesca Rheannon

Movement Research at Eden's Expressway, 9:00 pm
New York, NY

Frances Alenikoff is a pioneer of the Soho Arts and Performance Renaissance. Her film and video archives contain extensive works of choreography and performances. These archives are beginning to be transferred to DVD and we would like to share it with you! Thursday June 9 starting from 9:00 pm, the house will be open, 537 Broadway floor 4 We screen the film "Shaping Things" - a Cannes Film Festival award-winning film about Alenikoff's creation of the piece "Fossil Folio" with her and the dancers of the Frances Alenikoff Dance Theater Workshop, as well as other of Alenikoff's original works. There will be refreshments and the event is free and open to the public. Curated by Francesca Rheannon (journalist and daugther of Frances Alenikoff) and Emma Kim Hagdahl (MR artist in residence through The Swedish Arts Grants Committee) 2011.