The Workshop
The Workshop
The Workshop
The Workshop™

Houston Thomas – Through guided workshops, dancers work directly with Thomas on material from his existing works and develop new movement ideas together. A rare opportunity to experience his creative process firsthand.

Sidra Bell – Director of Sidra Bell Dance New York, Bell works improvisationally and in a circular structure. She moves among the dancers rather than directing from the front. Her process reawakens play, spontaneity, and instinct as tools for making real work.

Jim Vincent – NACHO DUATO Repertory – Duato’s work fuses classical technique with a deeply musical, earthy sensuality that demands both precision and full-body commitment. The focus is on understanding how and why movement is shaped, delivering it with intention, definition, and clarity.

Omar Román De Jesús – Through layered improvisational tasks, dancers challenge their physical instincts and shake off habitual thought patterns. Heightened body awareness becomes the starting point. The discoveries made here feed directly into how choreography is built.

Courtney Richardson – DAVID DAWSON Repertory – David Dawson’s work pushes classical ballet to its limits while rooting every movement in deep emotional truth. The process is immersive and exploratory, finding the why behind each phrase. This is not a week of simply learning steps; it is a week of learning how to inhabit a movement world.

Glenn Edgerton – JIŘÍ KYLIÁN Repertory – Kylián’s movement demands classical clarity alongside grounded, expressive physicality, intricate partnering and a deep sensitivity to musical structure. Dancers work through nuanced details in intensive rehearsal and coaching with a primary source.

Jill Johnson – FORSYTHE Improvisation Technologies – A long-time collaborator and primary source, Johnson guides dancers through FORSYTHE repertory, improvisation technologies, and compositional practice. The environment is built to cultivate invention and courage, with equal curiosity about success and failure.

Keerati Jinakunwiphat – The work begins with a connection to self, moving through phrase material that emphasizes tactility, circularity, directionality, and shifts of weight. Dancers explore individual autonomy while building community, playing with how different moving parts speak to each other.

Cindy Welik-Salgado – CRYSTAL PITE “Dark Matters” – Dancers learn unison and group partnering repertoire from Crystal Pite’s “Dark Matters,” with warm-up classes built around Kidd Pivot improvisation tools and heavy partnering work. The week plays with the concepts of “being danced,” raising the stakes, and finding the balance between instinct and intellect.

Babatunji – Floorwork techniques rooted in breakdancing, broken down to their simplest forms and progressively built toward larger, more daring movement. Weight sharing and partnering draw from a wrestling-influenced approach. Grounded, physical, and honest.