HomeClasses and EventsEventsMovement Research at the Judson Church | Apr 27, 2026
Photo from Wendell Gray II's performance for Movement Research at the Judson Church. Two dancers wearing black pants and white long sleeve tops. One crouches and another balances on one leg while reaching their arms upwards. Photo by Rachel Keane.
ID: Photo from Wendell Gray II's performance for Movement Research at the Judson Church. Two dancers wearing black pants and white long sleeve tops. One crouches and another balances on one leg while reaching their arms upwards. 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.

Please enter at 243 Thompson St.
No RSVP required.

 

Accessibility Notes

  • This event includes auditive guidance.

The accessible entrance is located at 243 Thompson St. and the elevator at Judson Church is currently working. Personnel from the Judson 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 accessibility-related information or requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org with the subject “MR at Judson.”

Location

Judson Memorial Church
243 Thompson St
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

ill/egible

ill/egible

Rafi Ruffino Darrow, K. Henderson, and Elle Hong are antidisciplinary, trans artists working in dance, music, installation and poetry. They recently completed a Mellon Foundation/Movement Research residency exploring illegibility, boundaries of nation/body, traditional mourning ritual, and living into the complexity/joy of atypical bodyminds.

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Nicole Bindler

Nicole Bindler

Nicole Bindler, dance-maker, educator, writer, and organizer has offered her talk on Palestinian dance and the cultural boycott of Israel at numerous universities and conferences. Her writing on the subject has been published in Contact Quarterly, Jewish Currents, BMC® Currents, Somatics Toolkit, American Jewish Studies Perspectives, and thINKingDANCE.

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Ryuta Iwashita 岩下龍太

Ryuta Iwashita 岩下龍太

Ryuta Iwashita (they/them) currently lives and improvises in Bulbancha (also colonially known as New Orleans) in the USA as a movement/performance/visual artist and educator after living in Japan for 25 years.

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