play. motion. lab.

✨ TWO WEEKS AWAY ✨ REVP LINK IN BIO 🎟️ CONTEMPORARY FORMS x @play.motion.lab is BACK 🔥 Our May 2nd Session features @miguel.mirandac alongside Founding Director @cheng_moves . Dancers will begin the session with a full-body guided warm up led by Peter, tapping into the inherent mobility and extension of the muscles and joints, coupled with bringing sensory and peripheral awareness of moving in space with others. The second half of the session, led by Miguel, will unfold through improvisational tasks that will blend into partnering, phrase work, and shared choreographic exploration. Date: Saturday, May 2, 2026 Time: 12:00pm-2:00pm Location: Chez Bushwick, 304 Boerum St #23, Brooklyn, NY 11206 Cost: Free 📸 Miguel by @lukerands.jpg / Peter by @jasonlammm

📸 @stephaniecrousillatphotography 📌 MAY 2 2026 📌 RSVP NOW OPEN Announcing our next @play.motion.lab Co-Teacher @miguel.mirandac 🇵🇪 Miguel Miranda is a Peruvian choreographer and multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. Entering through the doors of Peruvian folkloric dance, he later continued into academic training at the Ballet Hispánico School of Dance. His practice emerges from the encounter between folkloric and contemporary dance forms as well as dance theater techniques. His work spans performance, choreography, and immersive creation, centering social reflection shaped by the search for belonging. Miguel has performed as a company artist in Sleep No More NYC and Emursive’s Life and Trust, and has collaborated with Stefanie Batten Bland’s Company SBB. His choreographic works have been presented at venues including the 92nd Street Y, New York City Center, the Ailey Citigroup Theater, the Martha Graham Studio Theater, the Mark O’Donnell Theater, and through the American College Dance Association, among others. Miranda holds a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography from Montclair State University, where he was recognized with the Choreographic Excellence Award. His work includes commissions with McKoy Dance Project, Limón 2, Alessandra Corona Performing Works, and Tabula Rasa Dance Theater. #playmotionlab #nyc #dance #immersive #sleepnomore

🌱🌿💐 THANK YOU MOVERS 🥹🫶🏽🫠 @play.motion.lab | CONTEMPORARY FORMS | feat. @amyjsaunder x @cheng_moves — what an incredible opportunity to share the space in our first SPRING SESSION of 2026. Xoxo to the ever amazing Amy Saunder for teaching rep from @konverjdans ’ recent evening-length work “Buried Giants” and world build with these incredible movers. 📍@chez_bushwick Our MAY SESSION details will be dropping soon 🫶🏽 MOVERS @emmaedyy @0kaylin @kellytsai_nyc @madi.gibson @Breathemelani @annaaortega_ @conrad.emma @Isabel.crosti @jacqueforman @jen_a_mart @kn.manansala03 @macee.eppard @miajustine26 @nayshameneses @sofia.ruvira @solange.em.rodrigues @sophiaminich_ @sara_thoreson @sonya_l_s_ 4.4.26 #playmotionlab #dance #choreography #bushwick

🌱🌷🌻 APRIL @play.motion.lab RSVP IS NOW OPEN 🌻🌷🌱 We’re excited to welcome our FIRST Co-Teacher of 2026 — @amyjsaunder 🫀 alongside Founding Director @cheng_moves for #CONTEMPORARYFORMS 🗓️ Saturday, April 4, 2026 🕰️ 12pm-2pm 📍Chez Bushwick 🎟️ LINK IN BIO Amy (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based artist born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. She trained in classical ballet at the Baltimore School for the Arts and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (high school program) and began her professional career with The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, performing George Balanchine’s works at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. As a freelance dancer in NYC, she has performed with Eugene Ballet, Indelible Dance, Traverse City Dance Project, MorDance, Movement Headquarters, Gleich Dances, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Ballet Vero Beach, and Ballet Next, and appeared in works by Brendan Fernandes at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Noguchi Museum. She currently performs and teaches internationally with Battery Dance and dances with @pigeonwingdance . In 2016, she co-founded @konverjdans (converge/dance), a Brooklyn-based, women-led dance company with Tiffany Mangulabnan and Jordan Miller, and in 2024 she co-founded the video production company @ninemile.productions with Joe Raffanti, collaborating with artists and small businesses to tell creative stories. Play Motion Lab Play Motion Lab is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (2025). 📸 @esp_bymike #dance #contemporarydance #nyc

🌱 THANK YOU movers who joined for our FIRST #spring session of 2026 🩰 FREE BALLET FREE BALLET FREE BALLET with @play.motion.lab Founding Director @cheng_moves 🫀 Forever thankful to create a space for dancers by dancers. 📍@chez_bushwick 👯👯‍♀️👯‍♂️ @_cameronstedman @featherrbutton bellemerl @xj0y.e @kn.manansala03 @kaylee.rose @0kaylin @lui_iul3 @_madzbrooke_ @MaliaLam_Dance @mariannnanp @nicoletremaglio @segomarchand @sophgron #balletclass #dance #bushwick #ballet

🩰 THANK YOU MOVERS 🩰 for braving the 🥶 and joining us in the studio yesterday for @mnelements 2026 Master Class Series x @play.motion.lab ✨ Founding Director @cheng_moves 🧔🏻‍♂️. #contemporaryballet #balletclass #newyork #oliviadean #masterclass MOVERS: @co_lorena_ @mcolligan.dance @diaryofafirebird @l_marie00 @kaylee.rose @streaming_stream @lornbug @sabrina_canas @graceytong @a.vinzons

🩰 thank you movers who braved the frigid temps last night for our FIRST @play.motion.lab session of 2026 with Founding Director @cheng_moves 🫀 FREE BALLET FREE BALLET FREE BALLET #ballet #workshop #dance #noreaster Movers: @ariaonpointe @beatriz_bb_nyc @jamessantyagho @jasmine_rivers_12 @danzajuan @kaitlyn_hawk @kn.manansala03 @lindsaylykins @Normalglrl @MaliaLam_Dance @nickbsingh @diaryofafirebird @Samanvitha_scribbles @Shayehazen @yuki_colombo 📍@chezbushwick

THANK YOU MOVERS 😌 for today’s totally zen ballet session 🔥 and our LAST of 2025. @play.motion.lab x FREE BALLET FREE BALLET FREE BALLET with @cheng_moves 12.12.25 ✨MOVERS✨ Mika Epstein @beatricegoesplaces @bxkostelnik @Latina_Ballerina @conrad.emma @handapandaowens @danzajuan @lauracoedance @macee.eppard @lamanuela.mango_ @the_freedom_fairy @minnielee_official @pearlmadnick @xj0y.e 📍@chez_bushwick — @play.motion.lab is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the @bkartscouncil #danceteacher #dance #movement #art #ballet #choreography #nyc #tanz #danse #workshop #community #brooklyn #ballets @dancemagazine @danceteachermagazine

🩰 THANK YOU 🩰 Today’s final November @play.motion.lab FREE BALLET FREE BALLET FREE BALLET session with @cheng_moves was ✨✨✨ MAGIC. A little before/after moment — sharing the space with these dancers was such a treat. MOVERS 🩰 @Awww_dri @clarahopefranklin @corynn.seahulster @stregiebaby @hayleeash_arts @issyevans @j_rivers12 @jonvieveee @xj0y.e @danzajuan @Karisakarinn @Katarina_smith @kaylee.rose @K_mcqn @MaliaLam_Dance @michellemaier65 @the_freedom_fairy @nickbsingh @highblush @ninakuntz @sundariwright 📍@chezbushwick #ballet #balletclass #workshop #dance #studio #november #bushwickballet Play Motion Lab is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by @bkartscouncil .

✨NOVEMBER PLAY MOTION LAB RECAP ✨ Part 2: THANK YOU 🫀 @thekeeratikid for dropping by for this month’s @play.motion.lab CONTEMPORARY FORMS session 🔥 — such special moments and movement shared in our last co-taught session of 2025! 🎥 @joeraffanti 📍@chez_bushwick 🎬✂️: @cheng_moves Play Motion Lab is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by @bkartscouncil . #dance #contemporarydance #art #movement #cinematography #studio MOVERS @a.vinzons @alyssaforte @_amberxu @anna.hershinow aria-roach @beacastrom @bxkostelnik @caseyyschwarz @dannajoelle @emilyaslin @emma.lower @Floflokim @Jacqueforman @j_rivers12 @Johnxcrim @jonvieveee @danzajuan @juliaasher_ @Karisakarinn @lizradway @dncgm @Marlureskeller @femmeinboots @morgenlittlejohn @highblush @noah_ryang @pearlmadnick @rileyrienert @co_lorena_

400+ Dancers 10 Guest Teaching Artists/Co-Teachers 2 Countries 1 Platform A small part of my life the last two years has been building @play.motion.lab from just an idea ~ The dancers who I’ve met along the way, the movers, the artists, the creatives, the incredible teachers, who populate the halls, studio, and space to create something that can only be described as community + magic is why I continue showing up each day. In 2025, to be announced as one of 24 dance grantees of @bkartscouncil Brooklyn Arts Fund, affirmed our place in providing affordable workshops and classes for professional, working dancers in New York City — that mission will never change. And of course to @chez_bushwick for this gorgeous space each month. Love and gratitude, Peter #fyp #fyp #dance #nyc #teacher #gratitude #thanksgiving

PART ONE: 🔥 THANK YOU MOVERS ⚡️ Our November @play.motion.lab session was beyond words. Two years strong, many years in the making, 100% organic growth. Thank you NYC dance community. Part 1: Welcome with Founding Director @cheng_moves ✨✨✨ 🎥: @joeraffanti 🎬/✂️: Peter Cheng 🎶: Pixabay 📍: @chez_bushwick Play Motion Lab is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by @bkartscouncil . #dance #contemporarydance #art #movement #cinematography #studio MOVERS @a.vinzons @alyssaforte @_amberxu @anna.hershinow @aria.roach @beacastrom @bxkostelnik @caseyyschwarz @dannajoelle @emilyaslin @emma.lower @Floflokim @Jacqueforman @j_rivers12 @Johnxcrim @jonvieveee @danzajuan @juliaasher_ @Karisakarinn @lizradway @dncgm @Marlureskeller @femmeinboots @morgenlittlejohn @highblush @noah_ryang @pearlmadnick @rileyrienert @co_lorena_