Making Moves

Making Moves is back with a great workshop in August! We still have some space left, so drop into our dms to register.

KC Dancers! Shannon Stewart has joined the faculty at KU in contemporary and modern. She’s coming to KC to teach an open Countertechniuqe class THIS Saturday! WHAT: Open Countertechnique Class with Shannon Stewart WHERE: PLEXPOD WESTPORT (Entrance on Gillham Road) WHEN: Sat December 2, 10 - 11:45AM HOW MUCH - $10-20 sliding scale (venmo, cash) For those new to Countertechnique, here is a bit of what to expect: The class starts with a recurring set of exercises, allowing dancers to investigate the Countertechnique® principles in detail. The second half of the class consists of changing components, working towards luscious movement combinations. I'll open the studio 15 minutes early. Please DM if you have any questions!

$2,500 in 25 days, day 9. Will you join us today? Your $25 (or $50, or $100) makes a difference! Link in bio. Photo of Katie Brennan and Jeramy Zimmerman, at an outdoor improv - one of the many Making Moves events that your gift helps support!

$2,500 in 25 days, lucky day 7. Let this be the day your $25 makes a difference! Link in bio. Photo by Ryan Bruce of Lindsay Clipner’s after hours (performers: Haley Kostas, Tessa McNeil, Jeremy Hanson)

$2,500 in 25 days, day 6. Will this be the day that you join us? Link in bio. Photo by Ryan Bruce of Olivia Emert’s “CLAY” Performers: Anna Boehm, Ashleah England, Troy Gardner, Max Nelson-Steinhoff, Lauren Thompson)

$2,500 in 25 days? That’s just 4 $25 donors a day. We’re in day 3 and I know we can do it! Will today be the day that you join us? Link in bio. Photo by Ryan Bruce of Alexis Borth’s “Anemoia: Notes on Nostalgia & Disconnected Lineages” (performers: Brigitte Benyei, Alexis Borth, Roma Catania, Victoria Knox, Liat Roth)

Now it’s $2,400 in 24 days! Yesterday was a success, so let’s keep it going! We need 4 $25 contributions today. Will it be you? Link in bio. Photo by Ryan Bruce of Kyle Mullins in “This is a Dance (a Spiralic Exploration of What the F*ck I’m doing with my Life)”

This is my favorite photo of “It’ll all be fine” performed in June. It’s also a fitting fundraising photo. We need to raise $2500 in 25 days to bring an amazing workshop to KC. Your $25 will be a great help. Link in bio will tell you more. (photo: Ryan Bruce)

Some scenes from last night’s opening of Making Moves: The Festival! Thanks to all of our creators and to out SOLD OUT house! What a great audience. 🤗❤️🤗 Come (or come back) Friday and Saturday!

This tech week has been a delicious whirlwind and I can’t wait to share all of this work with you! Making Moves: The Festival! opens tomorrow! Thursday - Saturday, shows at 6:30 and 8:00 at Charlotte Street. FREE!

Come celebrate with Making Moves! On December 8th, Making Moves celebrates the end of a successful year of programming with an evening of improvised music and dance. The Improv Jam will feature live music from Seth Andrew Davis & Evan Verploegh and live lighting design from Ian VanDusen. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and to bring water. This experience is appropriate for dancers and movers of all abilities and backgrounds and is open to all. The Improv Jam takes place in Charlotte Street Foundation’s Stern Theater (3333 Wyoming), begins at 6:30pm, and will last for approximately one hour.

🚨 WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS🚨 Join Making Moves on Thursday, November 10th, as we present internationally renowned performer and creator Miguel Gutierrez. Miguel will share his work Unsustainable Solutions: Duet with my Dead Dad. In this 25 minute solo, Miguel interacts with video footage of his recently deceased father to propose an elegy to ghostliness, time travel and grief. This performance is free and takes place in Charlotte Street Foundation’s Stern Theater at 6:30pm. _________________ Miguel Gutierrez is a choreographer, composer, performer, singer, writer, educator, podcaster, visual artist, and arts advocate who has been based in Lenapehoking/Brooklyn for twenty five years. His work creates empathetic and irreverent spaces outside of traditional discourse. He believes in an approach to art making that is fierce, fragile, empathetic, political, and poetic. His work has been presented in more than 60 cities around the world, in venues and festivals such as Festival d’Automne, Centre National de Danse, Centre Pompidou, Montpellier Danse, Festival Universitario/Colombia, Bipod Festival/Beirut, ImPulsTanz, Fringe Arts, Walker Art Center, Wexner Center for the Arts, TBA/PICA, MCA Chicago, Live Arts Bard, and the Kathleen Hermesdorf Fresh Fest. New York at The Kitchen, New York Live Arts, BAM, Danspace Project, Abrons Art Center, the Chocolate Factory, American Realness Festival, and the 2014 Whitney Biennial. He has received support from Creative Capital, MAP, National Dance Project, National Performance Network, Dance/NYC and Jerome Foundation. He has received fellowships from New York Foundation for the Arts, the Tides Foundation, Guggenheim Foundation, United States Artists, an award from Foundation for Contemporary Art, a 2016 Franky Award from Prelude Festival and four Bessies. He is a 2016 Doris Duke Artist.