Winter MELT 2026

2026 Winter MELT Save the Date Artist Announcement January 12-30

How to register

1. Go to the Upcoming events section and select a workshop to view details.

2. If you would like to register for that workshop, select the amount you would like to pay within the sliding scale and click “Register” This workshop will be added to your “Basket”

3. Add as many workshops as you would like to your basket.

4. When you are ready to check out, view your basket and complete your order.

5. You will receive a confirmation email and receipt.

Location

Our in person workshops and events all take place in our studios at 122CC (150 First Avenue)

Week 1: Jan 12-16

10am-12pm | Thomas F. DeFrantz | Queer Dance at the End of Days: Elaboration as Making Meaning

1-3pm | Irene Dowd | Spirals

3:30-5:30pm | Gwen Welliver | Practice/Make

4-5:30pm | André Lepecki | Virtual Dance in the continuous struggle: 3 days, 6 texts, many dances.

Tue, Jan 13 | 6:30-8pm | MELT Reading Group: We Exist in the Ambivalence of Those Motherfuckers | Ahn Vo, Lumi Tan, Maura Donohue

Week 2: Jan 19-23

10am-12pm | Jonathan González | Embodiment and Psychogeography

11:30am-1:30pm | Olive Bieringa | Virtual Ecosomatic practices for living and dying with a damaged earth

1-3pm | Antonio Ramos | Impro-crisis

3:30-6pm | Moriah Evans | Making & Breaking It: […/+*^%<>€£¥$&@!!!!^^^]: Part 2

Tue, Jan 20 | 6:30-8:30pm | GPS Chats: Dancemaking and Horizontal Hierarchies in Croatia & Serbia | Jelena Alempijević, Margareta Firinger

Week 3: Jan 26-30

10am-12pm | Juliana F. May | Choreographic Mindset

11am-12:30pm | Petra Kuppers | Virtual Planting (Disabled) Futures

1-3:30pm | Sarah Michelson | etc. in continuum

4-6pm | Paul Singh | Gravity, Timing, and Imagination: Contact Improvisation for Focused Partnering

Tue, Jan 27 | 6:30-8pm | MELT Event: Tax Empowerment for Movers and Makers! | Treehouse Taxes

MELT Events

Tue, Jan 13 | 6:30-8pm | MELT Reading Group: We Exist in the Ambivalence of Those Motherfuckers | Ahn Vo, Lumi Tan, Maura Donohue

Tue, Jan 20 | 6:30-8:30pm | GPS Chats: Dancemaking and Horizontal Hierarchies in Croatia & Serbia | Jelena Alempijević, Margareta Firinger

Tue, Jan 27 | 6:30-8pm | MELT Event: Tax Empowerment for Movers and Makers! | Treehouse Taxes

Frequently Asked Questions

Refund Policy

Refund requests will be accepted until one week prior to the workshop start date and must be made in writing via email to melt@movementresearch.org. A $25 processing fee and credit card processing fees will be deducted for all individual workshops.

If you are feeling ill, we ask that you please stay home. In the case of illness, refunds may be given if a request has been made in writing to melt@movementresearch.org prior to class start time.
The doors will close 15 minutes past the start of class time (10:15am for a 10:00am workshop). Refunds will not be issued due to late arrival.
If a workshop is sold out, waitlist spots will be released 5 minutes past the start of class time (10:05am for an 10:00am start time). Refunds will not be issued if your ticket is released to a waitlist spot.