What is Movement Research at the Judson Church?


A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall and spring seasons.  Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments in performance rather than finished products.  Artists are selected by a rotating peer panel of artists.

THE DEADLINE FOR FALL/WINTER 2009/10 HAS PASSED. Applications for Spring 2010 will be due September 30, 2009 and will be available by the end of July 2009.

Dates:
The Spring 2009 season runs March - June 2009. The Fall 2009 season will begin in September 2009 and run through January or February 2009.

Deadline: Applications for the Fall 2009 season must be hand-delivered (by 5pm) or postmarked no later than April 30, 2009. 

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How to apply :

Movement Research at the Judson Church
Fall 2009 Season Application Guidelines

What is Movement Research at the Judson Church?
A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall and spring seasons.  Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments in performance rather than finished products.  Artists are selected by a rotating peer panel of artists.

Dates:
Proposals to participate in the Fall 2009 season: September 2009 – January or February 2010.

Deadline:
Proposals must be hand-delivered (by 5pm) or postmarked no later than April 30, 2009.   
Please note:  Anyone selected to show work on the Spring 2009 season (March - June 2009) is ineligible to apply this round.

Application Guidelines:
Please include one copy of the following items in your application:

  1. Completed application form (click here to download form)
  2. On a single 8 ½ x 11 inch page: A brief and clear description (500 words max) of proposed ideas to be investigated, artist bio (250 words max), and description of work sample (75 words max)
  3. DVD or VHS work sample that best represents your artistic thinking (more details below)
  4. Self addressed stamped envelope for return of work samples.  Please do not use meter strips.  Envelopes without sufficient postage will be held at MR’s offices for pick up.

While we strongly encourage you to stick to one page, in total your written application should absolutely not exceed 2 pages (8 ½ x 11 inches).  Please do not send press kits, reviews or other materials not requested above.  These items will not be submitted to the panel for review.  Applications are NOT accepted by email.

Work Sample Guidelines:

Criteria for selection and context:
Movement Research (MR) continues to serve as a creative laboratory and incubator for emerging artists and ideas. The Movement Research at the Judson Church series is one of a number of MR programs intended to foster rigorous and wide-ranging artistic investigations and nurture experimentation in movement-based forms.  An ongoing, free, high-visibility low-tech forum in front of a live audience, this series attracts diverse intergenerational artists at all stages of their creative development and audiences from the dance community and general public. Because MR supports creative process, not final product, the Movement Research at the Judson Church series is for exploration of ideas, not a venue for finished work on a season's presentation.

Proposals are reviewed by a rotating panel of artists.

Please postmark by April 30, or hand-deliver by 5pm April 30, to:
Judson Fall 2009 Panel
Movement Research       
Dance Theater Workshop
219 W. 19th Street
New York, NY 10011