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Ishmael Houston-Jones, a brown-skin African-American middle-aged man with short salt and pepper hair is caught mid-fall, crunching up his face and swinging semi-fisted hands in front. He is wearing a tattered blue and white plaid tee-shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers. Photo by Ian Douglas.
ID: Ishmael Houston-Jones, a brown-skin African-American middle-aged man with short salt and pepper hair is caught mid-fall, crunching up his face and swinging semi-fisted hands in front. He is wearing a tattered blue and white plaid tee-shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers. Photo by Ian Douglas.

Please note: There is no class on Sep 26.

What is your first impulse? Can you trust it? What happens when the judge falls asleep? Can you know too much? We will engage in different approaches of partnering, releasing, scores, authentic movement and automatic writing. Challenging oneself while at the same time prioritizing care, (of oneself and of a group,) can lead to exciting and unexpected discoveries.

For class-related questions, please email programs@movementresearch.org.

 

Accessibility Notes

  • This class includes auditive guidance.
  • Eden’s Expressway, located in a residential building, is a fourth-floor walk-up.
    • For public classes and workshops, staff will be on-site to operate the elevator. The width of the elevator opening is 23 inches and the width inside the elevator is 30 inches.
  • The single restroom in the studio is not wheelchair accessible. 

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, “Ishmael Houston-Jones” at least three (3) weeks prior to the class date you plan to attend.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Ishmael Houston-Jones.”

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In-Person

    Location

    Eden’s Expressway
    537 Broadway 4th Fl
    New York, NY 10012

    • Get the Green - IRT Lexington Avenue Line numbers: 6 to Spring Street
    • Get the Yellow - BMT Broadway Line numbers: N , R to Prince Street
    • Get the Orange - IND Sixth Avenue Line numbers: B , D , F , M to Broadway - Lafayette

    Faculty

    Ishmael Houston-Jones

    Ishmael Houston-Jones

    Ishmael Houston-Jones is a choreographer, author, performer, teacher, and curator whose improvised dance and text work has been performed world-wide. In 1984 Houston-Jones and Fred Holland shared a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie Award” for their Cowboys, Dreams and Ladders.

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