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Horizons

Irene Dowd

  • Mon–Fri, Jul 7–11, 2025 | 10AM-12PM
A male dancer in a grey leotard balances on one leg with one arm extended back. This is a screenshot from the video Spirals, provided by the Artist.
ID: A male dancer in a grey leotard balances on one leg with one arm extended back. This is a screenshot from the video Spirals, provided by the Artist.

Learn warm-up choreography designed to enhance visual focus, hand-eye coordination, articulation of hands and feet, freedom of the spine, and the dancer’s own phrasing. This standing sequence can be used as a physical and mental preparation of performance. I find it to be a vehicle for embodying a dramatic, personal, emotional communication.

Learn more about Irene Dowd and Horizons by visiting: www.irenedowdchoreographies.com

Accessibility Notes

  • This workshop includes auditive guidance.
  • This workshop may include images or video shown on a large screen tv.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, MELT Irene Dowd” at least three (3) weeks prior to the first date of the workshop.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “MELT Irene Dowd.”

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Location

The Bob (previously known as 9th St Studio)
150 First Avenue
New York, NY 10009

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Artists

Irene Dowd

Irene Dowd

Irene Dowd has just retired from the Juilliard School after 28 years teaching there, to become faculty emeritus. She continues to teach for Movement Research and Hollins University/ADF MFA program in dance. Author of Taking Root to Fly, she has maintained a practice in kinesthetic anatomy and neuromuscular re-education since 1970 in NYC, while continuing to be a guest teacher in academic and dance institutions throughout the US, Canada, and Europe.

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