About the MR Performance Journal

Since its inception in 1990, the Movement Research Performance Journal has fostered the evolution of written and graphic languages that contemplate current issues of dance and performance. Created by and for artists, the journal provides a unique forum for critical, rigorous, and creative exploration of the politics of performance, and seeks to address a multi-disciplinary readership. The journal focuses on artists’ of-the-moment concerns, with past issues exploring topics related to gender and sexuality, environments and eco-activism, critical approaches to race and ethnicity, technology and multimedia, Indigenous performance and settler colonial legacies, private property and neoliberal individualism, as well as tactics of liberation and revolt.

Subscriptions & Sets

Subscribe: Become a 2- or 4-issue subscriber to receive the latest issue of Movement Research Performance Journal to your home or organization upon publication. Please refer to the dropdown menu below for pricing details.

Past Issues: Copies of any in-print past issue are also available to order. To learn more about a past issue, scroll down and click on the corresponding cover image.

Bulk Orders: We offer bulk orders of select issues (10 copies or more) to fellow nonprofit organizations and educational institutions around the world so that they can distribute Movement Research Performance Journal to their students, constituents, and artists. To place a bulk order, please email performancejournal@movementresearch.org.

Buy In-print Set: The in-print set includes issues #3, 5, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 32, 33, 38, 40-44, 46-50, 52/53 and 54. The set costs $60 for individuals and $200 for art spaces and institutions. Shipping & Handling in the US and Canada costs $15, while Shipping & Handling internationally costs $50. Please add the correct shipping amount when checking out. Click here to order the In-print set.

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International Shipping: The cost of international shipping may vary depending on the weight of the issue and country of destination. It can fluctuate between $10.00-$14.00+ (USD) for items weighing between 8.00-15.99 ounces. Please make sure you CLICK on the international shipping button in the ‘SHIPPING’ section. For more information, consult international shipping prices by region here: USPS International Shipping Rates.

Distribution

Published one–two times annually, the Performance is distributed for free at arts venues and organizations throughout New York City. Our distribution route extends throughout Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.

To volunteer with distribution or to receive more information, email performancejournal@movementresearch.org

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Movement Research offers a variety of advertising opportunities in both Movement Research Performance Journal and through our online, monthly publication Critical Correspondence. Movement Research Performance Journal advertisers have the opportunity to purchase bulk subscriptions at a discounted rate. Learn more.

Download

Due to the effects of COVID-19 on our ability to distribute MRPJ at venues and arts spaces around NYC, for the first time in the thirty-year history of Movement Research Performance Journal, Movement Research is offering downloadable PDFs of two issues of MRPJ:

Click HERE to sign up to receive digital versions of MRPJ52/53: Sovereign Movements: Native Dance and Performance (published November 2019) and MRPJ54: Spatial Practice (published July 2020).

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Current issue: Issue #58/59, Summer/Fall 2023

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