Movement Research is one of the world’s leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and their vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture and instigate discourse and experimentation. Movement Research strives to reflect the cultural, political and economic diversity of its moving community, including artists and audiences alike.
September 1 & 8, 12-1pm
Jaime Ortega Move to Heal
This class is for those struggling with health issues of their own or that of a loved one. We use movement and somatic practices to support healing processes. Sourcing from both western and eastern traditions we will play with movement, breath, sound and imagery to encourage self-empowerment as it relates to our health and well-being.
September 15, 12-2pm
Milka Djordjevich Democratic Dance Session
This open level movement class draws from elements of social, folk, and contemporary dance forms, as well as from ordinary action and we will continuously activate our bodies through space, while discovering the kinesthetic sensitivity of a dynamic body-in-motion.
September 29, 12-2pm
Maximilian Balduzzi Every action begins with an impulse.
October 6, 12-2pm
Mariangela Lopez This class is open to everyone interested in sharing movement experiences. We will practice listening to our instincts as movers and disregarding all preconceived ideas of how one “should” move in space. The participants will explore their own creative movement potential by releasing personal memories and perceptions of their own environment by utilizing the power of the group to build a collective experience. This class is about experiencing the joy for moving and dancing to become totally physical and present, yet connected to our internal states.
October 13, 12-2pm
Daria Faïn According to Chinese energetic, in October we are transitioning between the Earth and the Metal energy. The Earth corresponds to the Digestive System (stomach/pancreas/spleen), and the Metal to the Lungs/Large Intestine. It is about the energy coming back into the Earth and the ability to transform by letting go of what we don’t need internally and externally. The session will include a warm up, and series of intuitive movement meditations to activate these energies taping into our immediate environment with our sensory apparatus and our experiential field.
BIOS
Accidental Movement / Mariangela Lopez (CMA) is a Brooklyn-based choreographer and performer, born in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2003 Mariangela founded Accidental Movement. Her pieces have been presented in Venezuela, Mexico, France, Boston and multiple venues in New York City such as Danspace Project, P.S 122, Monkeytown, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Dance New Amsterdam, Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Saint Ann’s Warehouse among others. She is a faculty teacher at the Laban Institute of Movement Studies, Ballet Hispanico and has taught as a guest artist at Dance New Amsterdam, Movement Research and Brooklyn Arts Exchange. Mariangela was a 2009 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence and a2011 Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) Artist-in-Residence.
Maximilian Balduzzi was born in a small village in the Italian Alps. He holds a degree in theatre from the University of Bologna and has worked in Italy, the United States, and internationally as a performer, director, and teacher of actors. For the past fifteen years he has dedicated himself to the study of physical and vocal training for actors. Maximilian is a resident artist at Cave Arts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Milka Djordjevich’s choreography has been shown at several NYC venues, including Danspace Project, the Chocolate Factory and The Whitney Biennial, and internationally in Austria, Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Serbia and the UK. Milka was a 2006-2007 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence, a visiting artist at P.A.R.T.S., and a 2008 and 2010 danceWEB Europe Scholar. Other projects include co-curating the Movement Research Spring Festival 2008: Somewhere Out There and serving as guest editor for Critical Correspondence and the MRPJ. She also performs for Heather Kravas and assists DD Dorvillier in various capacities. milkadj.wordpress.com
Daria Faïn is a choreographer/dancer and somatic researcher living in Brooklyn. Her movement practice is the result of 30 years of acute research that draws on Chinese Energetic, the Alexander Technique, and working with people with mental disorders and physical disabilities. Daria sees the body as a book from which we can draw infinite knowledge on each other and the environment. In 2006, She and Robert Kocik founded the Prosodic Body, a field of research that explores language as a vibratory medium that interrelates art, health, and social change. The Prosodic Body consists of a series of performances, exhibitions, lectures, residencies, and architectural constructions that blur the distinctions between different formats and disciplines. For more information go to: www.commonschoir.org or www.prosodicbody.org.
Jaime Ortega is a movement artist, teacher and therapist.
