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A red graphic with Summer MELT dates. Jul 7 through Aug 1.

Workshop Schedule

Week 1: Jul 7–11

10am-12pm | Horizons with Irene Dowd

1-3pm | Talk Your Shit with Ogemdi Ude

3:30-6pm | MAKING our way with Jeanine Durning

6-8pm | Embodied Photography: Sensing through the lens with Rachel Keane

Week 2: Jul 14-18

10am-12pm | Finding Our Dancing Body with Vicky Shick

1-3pm | Klein Technique™ – Watching Ourselves Move While We Move with Barbara Mahler

3:30-6pm | The Pleasure Practice: A Spell for Utopia with luciana achugar

Week 3: Jul 21-25

10am-12pm | dancing with Jennifer Nugent

1-3pm | What is my body doing when I am not conscious of it? Material and principles of Steve Paxton with K.J. Holmes

3:30-6pm | Queering Cunningham / Queering Form and Process: Performance Making Strategies with Neil Greenberg

Week 4: Jul 28-Aug 1

10am-12pm | Meeting the Movement with Jordan Demetrius Lloyd

1-3:30pm | S L O W N E S S: dancing with gravity, buoyancy and viscosity with mayfield brooks

4-6pm | Alexander Technique/A Critical Practice with Shelley Senter

MELT Events

Tue, Jul 8 | 6:30-8pm | MELT Reading Group: Summoning the Body, Sounding the Body – Listening to Bomba Dance, Listening to puertorriqueñxs with Megan Curet

Tue, Jul 15 | 6:30-8pm | MELT Reading Group: Body Magic – An Embodied Rebellion with luciana achugar

Tue, Jul 22 | 6:30-8pm | MELT Reading Group: The sloppy economy of aesthetic perception, and other stories with Neil Greenberg

Thu, Jul 31 | 6:30-8:30pm | MELT Movie Night: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl with mayfield brooks

Sat, Aug 2 | 12-4pm | Artists of Color Council Summer Cookout

Frequently Asked Questions

Refund Policy

Refund requests will be accepted until one week prior to the workshop start date and must be made in writing via email to melt@movementresearch.org. A $25 processing fee and credit card processing fees will be deducted for all individual workshops.

If you are feeling ill, we ask that you please stay home. In the case of illness, refunds may be given if a request has been made in writing to melt@movementresearch.org prior to class start time.
The doors will close 15 minutes past the start of class time (10:15am for a 10:00am workshop). Refunds will not be issued due to late arrival.
If a workshop is sold out, waitlist spots will be released 5 minutes past the start of class time (10:05am for an 10:00am start time). Refunds will not be issued if your ticket is released to a waitlist spot.

Can I drop in to a workshop?

Unless otherwise noted, there are no drop ins available.

Can I get a discount if I have to miss a day of the workshop?

No, we are unable to offer discounts or prorate workshop fees due to missed days.

Can I transfer my registration to another workshop?

No, transfers are not possible between workshops.

Do you have any work/study or work exchange options?

MR has internships which follow a work/study format. Directions on how to apply can be found on our Internships at MR page.

How to register:

1. Go to the Upcoming events section and select a workshop to view details.

2. If you would like to register for that workshop, select the amount you would like to pay within the sliding scale and click “Register” This workshop will be added to your “Basket”

3. Add as many workshops as you would like to your basket.

4. When you are ready to check out, view your basket and complete your order.

5. You will receive a confirmation email and receipt.