• Thursdays | Apr 9, 16, 30, 2026 | 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Brown skinned person with short black kinky hair, moving sideways in the ocean, engulfed by waves. Photo by Nir Arieli
ID: Brown skinned person with short black kinky hair, moving sideways in the ocean, engulfed by waves. Photo by Nir Arieli

This workshop will focus on moving the body and breath to move the voice. We start with the breath, we dive deep into the expansiveness with movement and voice supported by breath. The invitation is to create soundscapes that awaken and expand the scope dancing while also vocalizing or vice versa. We will play with nuanced sounding, listening, and moving with the element of water as our guide. There will also be an optional visit to Rockaway Beach to continue this practice of dancing with breath, water and memory.

What to expect:
Participants can expect an exploratory approach to vocal work and improvised dance. There will be some writing and optional readings. If the class agrees we will visit the ocean as an optional field trip to deepen this practice

For workshop-related questions, please email programs@movementresearch.org.

 

Accessibility Notes

  • This workshop includes auditive guidance.
  • This workshop may include optional printed/digital readings.

To request ASL interpretation or Audio Description, please email accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “ASL/Audio Description Request, mayfield brooks” at least 3 (three) weeks prior to the workshop session you plan to attend.

For access-related questions and requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org, subject line “mayfield brooks.”

Past workshop

Location

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

  • Get the Green - IRT Lexington Avenue Line numbers: 6 to Astor Place
  • Get the Light slate gray - BMT Canarsie Line numbers: L to 1st Avenue
  • Get the Orange - IND Sixth Avenue Line numbers: F to 2nd Avenue

Artists

mayfield brooks

mayfield brooks

mayfield brooks improvises while black and is based in Lenapehoking, the unceded land of the Lenape people, also known as New York City. brooks is a movement-based performance artist, vocalist, urban farmer, writer, and wanderer. brooks teaches and performs practices that arise from Improvising While Black (IWB), their interdisciplinary dance methodology which explores the decomposed matter of Black life and engages in dance improvisation, disorientation, dissent, and ancestral healing. brooks is the 2021 recipient of the biennial Merce Cunningham Award from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, a 2021 Bessie/New York Dance and Performance Award nominee for their experimental dance film, Whale Fall and a 2022 Danspace Project Platform artist.

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