Movement Research at the Judson Church

NOVA, Alexis Robbins/kamrDANCE, Jon Kinzel, Tom Tsai

A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas, and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join Movement Research Artists-In-Residence and international guests each season in performing at the historic Judson Church.

The accessible entrance is located at 243 Thompson St. and the elevator at Judson Church is currently working. Personnel from the Judson Church will be at the entrance. The elevator connects Level 1 (street access) to Level 3 (Meeting Room where performances take place) and Level B or basement (where restrooms are located).

For accessibility-related information or requests, please contact accessibility@movementresearch.org with the subject “MR at Judson.”

Judson Memorial Church243 Thompson St New York, NY 10012

Alexis Robbins (she/her) is a choreographer, performer, producer, educator, writer, and dance advocate based in New Haven, CT. As Artistic Director and Choreographer of her project based dance and music company, kamrDANCE, Robbins has shown her work throughout NYC, New Jersey, and New England, and created five dance films that have been screened across the US and internationally.

Jon Kinzel has presented his work in a variety of national and international venues. He maintains a deeply interrelated choreographic and visual art practice. Recently, he presented Hudson Terminus (2025) at Hudson Hall in Hudson NY, and he received a NYSCA Support for Artists grant (2025), Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2025), MacDowell Fellowships (2024, 2020), and a Guggenheim Fellowship (2023).

Tom Tsai’s dance work spans stage, filmmaking, education, and activism, rooted in his Hip Hop, contemporary dance, and Taiwanese identities. Tom’s work processes the ways in which personal identity and politics are intertwined, a response to his upbringing in post-martial law Taiwan. In this environment, he was exposed to reductive political narratives, propaganda, and threats of war, as well as Hip Hop culture, breaking, and dance for social justice.

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