In this Studies Project, How We Move organizers Kayla Hamilton, India Harville, and JJ Omelagah will share reflections from the inaugural six-month hybrid program, culminating in a 10-day intensive residency held at Movement Research from June 16-25. The How We Move program is a dance intensive created for and by multiply marginalized (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+) Disabled artists from across North America that centers agency, multiplicity, interdependence, and creative power. The intensive includes space for Disabled artists to build power together towards a transformation of colonial, eugenicist, and ableist lineages still present in the dance field. How We Move provides a rigorous access framework, allowing cross-disability artists from around the country the opportunity to come together, create, learn from one another, and cultivate opportunities.
The How We Move program is funded by the Mellon Foundation.
Health & Safety Protocols
- Masks will be required for this event.
- Movement Research spaces are Fragrance-Free. This policy is in place to accommodate individuals with fragrance allergies and/or chemical sensitivities. Fragrances and manufactured scents are allergy and migraine triggers for one or more members of the Movement Research staff and creative community.
Accessibility Notes
- This event includes auditive guidance.
To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, Studies Project ” at least three (3) weeks prior to the event date.
For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “Studies Project.”
Image Description of event image
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.
Register for this event
In-Person
This is a FREE event, donations are welcome.
Please ONLY register if you plan to attend. Each person wishing to attend must register individually.
Once RSVPs have reached capacity, a waitlist will become available. Entry from the waitlist will be according to the date and time each name was added.
