Home › Classes and Events › Events › Movement Research at the Judson Church | May 19, 2025
Category: Past Event

Movement Research at the Judson Church | May 19, 2025

Benin Gardner, Zhangxinan Wu 吴张心安, Queer CI Cohort: Quinn Gumbiner, Emily Jones, Hannah Krafcik, Lee Hull, and ara oshin

  • Monday, May 19, 2025 | 7PM
Luis A. Lara Malvacias' work for Movement Research at the Judson Church. Five dancers all in black clothing move around the space. Some walk on is on their hands and knees and another bends over pushing this his upward. Photo by Rachel Keane.
ID: Luis A. Lara Malvacias' work for Movement Research at the Judson Church. Five dancers all in black clothing move around the space. Some walk on is on their hands and knees and another bends over pushing this his upward. Photo by Rachel Keane.

A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join Movement Research Artists-In-Residence and international guests each season in performing at the historic Judson Memorial Church.

 

Accessibility Notes

The accessible entrance is located at 243 Thompson St. and the elevator at Judson Memorial Church is currently working. Personnel from the Judson Memorial Church will be at the entrance. The elevator connects Level 1 (street access) to Level 3 (Meeting Room where performances take place) and Level B or basement (where restrooms are located).

For access information or requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org with the subject “MR at Judson.”

Program

View here

Past event

Location

Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square S
New York, NY 10012

  • Get the Yellow - BMT Broadway Line numbers: N , R to 8th Street - NYU
  • Get the Blue - IND Eighth Avenue Line numbers: A , C , E to West 4th Street
  • Get the Orange - IND Sixth Avenue Line numbers: B , D , F , M to West 4th Street
Open in Google Maps

Artists

Benin Gardner

Benin Gardner

Benin Gardner is a dancer and writer from Los Angeles. She has performed at Pageant, Center for Performance Research, and SculptureCenter in works choreographed by artists like Coco Villa, and Alexa West.

Read more

Zhangxinan Wu 吴张心安

Zhangxinan Wu 吴张心安

Zhangxinan Wu with aluminum foil covering her neck, dropping her head into the neck holder. She is standing on reflective foil surface with balls in different shades of white rolling on the floor. Photo by Bella Thorpe-Woods.

Read more

Queer CI Cohort: Quinn Gumbiner, Emily Jones, Hannah Krafcik, Lee Hull, and ara oshin

Queer CI Cohort: Quinn Gumbiner, Emily Jones, Hannah Krafcik, Lee Hull, and ara oshin

We are a cohort of movers who facilitate a local Queer Contact Improvisation jam in so-called Portland, OR.

Read more

Other events you may like

Category: Events

Artists of Color Council Meeting

Sat, Sep 14, 2024 - Jun 14, 2025

A group of people sit at a table and lean in to speak. In the background a bright red door, Gray brick wall and a small tree. Photo courtesy of the AoCC.
Category: Events

Movement Research at the Judson Church | June 16, 2025

Daria Faïn, Kat Sotelo, Trishawna Woods

Mon, Jun 16, 2025

A photo from Melissa Lewis Wong's performance for Movement Research at the Judson Church. One dancers stands facing the audience wearing a floral top. Another stands in a lunge position looking towards the first dancer with their arms spread out away from then with their fingers pointing out. Photo by Rachel Keane.
Category: Events

Studies Project: How We Move – Access Wisdom and Artistry

Kayla Hamilton, India Harville, JJ Omelagah

Wed, Jun 25, 2025

Assaleh Bibi serving face on a decadent platter of gender expansive fabulousness in front of a soft petal pink rose in bloom. Xer skin tone is the colour of raw and slightly roasted cashew. Hir hair is wavy, landing just below their collar bone and cascading colour from black roots ombre to a pastel aquamarine light blue, two silver clips gently hold some hair just above both their temples. Xe has extra long fuchsia pink butterfly eyelashes, an upturned thick painted sissy gay mustache, and big painted pink lips barely pursed into a kiss. Xir expression is empowered and alluring, because they love Love. Profile headshot of kumari, a genderfabulous, light brown person looking diagonally upwards with a slight smile. They have short hair bleach tipped black hair with blonde shaved sides and a slight mustache. They are wearing amethyst gauges in their ears, a black bandana around their neck and a multicoloured mushroom floral button up. A caramel skinned Black indigenous person with brown eyes, purple nose ring, and oval shaped face with blondish black braids wearing a black spaghetti strapped shirt showing a ribbon tattoo on their right arm against a white background. Hector, an Afro-Latino brown skin non-binary transfemme with long red locs swinging to the back left of the photo, sits leaning back on a wooden bench wearing a black scoop neck dress with their weight on their right arm showcasing swirl tattoos & an pathos tattoo peeking from the sleeve of the dress and their left arm coming towards their faced, in front of a black curtain with the light hitting their face. A woman with hair styled in twists, wearing a light blue long-sleeve crop top, pink leggings, and holographic platform heels, poses confidently on an orange wheelchair. The setting features dramatic lighting and a dark backdrop, emphasizing strength, elegance, and individuality. A smiling, light skinned, young Black woman, Zen Spencer, seen from the waist up wearing a short-sleeved black leotard and white aviator glasses. Her hair is styled in 2-strand twists and she’s sitting on a coach covered by white material with black abstract markings. Behind her head is a brick wall with colorful fabric art pieces strung about. Photo by Aiesha Turman. This is a black & white dance image of Kayla Hamilton, who is a dark brown-skinned Black woman. She is throwing her head back as her dreads flow with her as she pushes her arms outward. Her legs are wide and slightly bent. She is wearing jeans and a knee length cardigan that wraps around her thighs. Behind her are storefronts and cars parked on the street. Photo by Travis Magee. India Harville, Black, Disabled cis-gendered woman with long locs, holds an ornate, vintage-style hand mirror with a delicate gold frame. Reflected within the mirror is India’s smiling face. She wears a white garment adorned with intricate gold embroidery and red floral accents. Natural light streams in from a window. JJ Omelagah, a light-skinned black transgender person smiling with short faded black hair, wearing a gray and black fedora, gray and black long-sleeve collar shirt with a gray vest. They are singing to a crowd while holding a mic in their right hand and the cord in their left hand. Photo courtesy of Champion Fleming Design.

Check the calendar for a full listing of events, classes and workshops

Sign Up for MR Newsletter

Keep up-to-date! Stay informed on everything Movement Research including our online publication, Critical Correspondence here!

Read more

Book a studio space

Through the Subsidized Rehearsal Space program Movement Research makes studio space available to dance and movement-based artists at a low cost. Learn more!

Read more