HomeClasses and EventsEventsMovement Research at the Judson Church | Sep 29, 2025
Photo from Tina Bararian's piece for Movement Research at the Judson Church. A dancer runs int he background. In the foreground a dancer stands balancing on one leg with the other reaching upwards to the ceiling. A band tied around the ankle is pulled forward. Photo by Rachel Keane.
ID: Photo from Tina Bararian's piece for Movement Research at the Judson Church. A dancer runs int he background. In the foreground a dancer stands balancing on one leg with the other reaching upwards to the ceiling. A band tied around the ankle is pulled forward. 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 Church.

Accessibility Notes

  • This event includes auditive guidance.

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.”

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

Artists

Dorchel Haqq

Dorchel Haqq

Dorchel Haqq, raised in Harlem, began to embody history at the Dance Theater of Harlem.

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Lydia Östberg Diakité

Lydia Östberg Diakité

Lydia Östberg Diakité is an interdisciplinary artist working across choreography, performance, video, text, and installation. Her practice engages with intuitive knowledge alongside historical and contemporary understandings of power dynamics and politics of representation.

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Muyassar Kurdi

Muyassar Kurdi

Muyassar Kurdi is a Palestinian-American New York City-based interdisciplinary artist. Her work encompasses sound art, voice, movement, painting, analog photography, and film.

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NiNi Dongnier

NiNi Dongnier

NiNi Dongnier, Inner Mongolia-born and New York–based, is a choreographer and artist working across choreographic performance, moving image, and painting.

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