Movement Research

TONIGHT Join us for Readying Our Space: A [Virtual] ReOpening Event & Fundraiser! TONIGHT, 7:00pm via Zoom All are welcome! RSVP + DONATE via the link in bio or by visiting our website https://movementresearch.org/event/16063... DID YOU KNOWA $1000 your donation supports an artist teaching fee for a MELT Workshop. FYI: This is the cost for an Visionary Ticket for our annual gala dinner. (Have you checked out our Summer 2021 MELT workshops yet?MELT away with us July 5-August 6!) Image description: Photo of mayfield brooks’ Winter 2020 MELT workshop at MR, 122CC (Ninth Street Studio.) Participants gather in a circle with large drawing paper and many colorful writing utensils in the middle of the circle. The space has marley floor, white walls, three red doors, and windows with light green trim. Photo by MR Staff.

TONIGHT at 7pm See you there ;)

BodyMind Dancing with Martha Eddy Monday 6-7PM EST FREE... "BodyMind Dancing is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff studies and Body-Mind Centering. " https://movementresearch.org/event/15275 Photo courtesy of the artist.

The Athletics of Intimacy with K.J. Holmes Saturday 11AM-1PM EST FREE... "These virtual classes will be about embodiment of the individual within the collective, contained in one’s own physics and body as well as in the support of transitions and distant others." More info https://movementresearch.org/event/15293 Photo by Harry Shunyao Zhang

It's your LAST CHANCE to join The Sounding Body: Voicing Coexistence with Anaïs Maviel! Wednesday 6:30-8:30pm EST FREE!... From Anaïs: "I offer a workshop around the use of the voice as a liberating music instrument. Voice as a tool to ground in ancestral practices as well as to explore societal and futurist narratives. Drawing from deep listening, healing embodied practices and the genesis of language, we’ll embark on a collective journey through vocal exploration. We'll use vocal technique, listening, toning and phonemes as tools to approaching each of our own instrument and the way we can relate and weave our sounds to space and to each other. As each of us seek, and express our unique voice, we contribute to collective empowerment." Register https://movementresearch.org/event/15042 Photo by Simon Desrochers

#MRMemoryMonday is throwing it back to Summer MELT 2016 today! Pictured here is Yvonne Meier's class from July of 2016 at Danspace. The class, "Advanced Releasing into Scores" happened during the second week of Summer MELT 2016. Other teachers from that week included Jennifer Nugent, Yvonne Meier, Donna Uchizono, and Sarah Michelson. Take a look at Yvonne's class description from 2016 MELT to get a glimpse of what they were working on in this class: ... "Utilizing a deeper knowledge of somatic techniques, we will dive into advanced releasing. Releasing will give us room for expansion and the power to explore emerging improvisational scores. Some Scores stay as purely physical phenomena, extracted from releasing work, while other scores will be transformational, emerging and working from the base of the "empty" body." How does it feel like 2016 was ages ago? Jump forward to NOW -- Yvonne Meier is teaching at [Virtual] Winter MELT 2021 among other incredible faculty. Make sure to check out the full schedule on our website: https://movementresearch.org/series/melt-winter-2021 Photos by Ashley Friend