
Elisabeth Motley
Elisabeth Motley (she/her) is a neurodivergent and mad, disabled
choreographer, scholar, and teacher based in Brooklyn, NY. Motley
was a 2019-2021 MR Artist in Residence, recipient of the 2018-2019
Fulbright US-UK Scholar Award, and a 2021/22 NYSCA choreography
commission grant. She is working towards a practice-as-research
Ph.D. focusing on choreography and disability at University of
Roehampton, UK. Motley collaborates with Kayla Hamilton on Crip
Movement Lab and is an Associate Professor of Dance at Marymount
Manhattan College.
[Image Description: elisabeth, cast in a neon green light, is twisted over the edge of a large wooden triangle. Pressing their cheek, forearms, breasts into asphalt – their feet and legs twist upward and behind them. elisabeth is wedged, surrounded by the topography of other large wooden triangles and rhizomes. Photo by Iki Nakagawa.]
Upcoming Classes & Events
Past Classes & Events
[Virtual] Crip Movement Lab |
Jan 9 – Jan 12, 2023 | melt |
[In-Person] Open Performance: Deborah Black, Jenna Beardsley, Maria Jose Contreras |
May 24, 2022 | class |
[In-person] Open Performance: Moss Lovejoy, Philip Foster, Bella Stenvall |
May 17, 2022 | performance |
[Hybrid] Crip Movement Lab |
, 2022 | workshop |
Movement Research at the Judson Church |
December 09, 2019 | performance |