Movement Studies Academy / Netherlands
Movement Studies Academy supports artists, facilitators, educators, researchers, and curious practitioners who study knowledge through the moving body.
Practice-led
Interdisciplinary
Consent-aware
Research-minded
About
Movement Studies Academy is conceived as a rigorous, hospitable place for embodied learning in the Netherlands. The work draws from contemporary dance, somatics, body-based research, performance, care practices, and the humanities.
Rather than separating technique from thinking, the academy treats sensation, gesture, relation, space, and reflection as interdependent forms of study. Participants learn through studio practice, dialogue, writing, observation, and public exchange.
Programs
Each format combines physical practice with reflective tools, so participants can bring movement study into artistic, educational, therapeutic, and civic contexts.
September to June
3 to 7 day formats
Monthly
For institutions
Research / Practice
The academy hosts practice-led research into how bodies learn, compose, collaborate, remember, adapt, and imagine. Work is documented through scores, essays, conversations, public sharings, and field notes.
Events
Introductory evening with guided practice, short talks, and application guidance.
Two-day intensive connecting somatic practice, field notes, and choreographic scores.
A public conversation on ethics, pedagogy, and body-based learning in the Netherlands.
Faculty / Facilitators
Facilitators work across somatics, dance, choreography, artistic research, pedagogy, and care. Together, they create rigorous and accessible conditions for embodied learning.
Body-Mind Centering, Feldenkrais-informed inquiry, touch-based study, breath, sensation, and developmental movement.
Improvisation, composition, contemporary dance, scoring, performance practice, and collective creative process.
Practice-based research, reflective documentation, artistic inquiry, fieldwork, and publication mentoring.
Trauma-aware group holding, consent-based practice, accessibility, and inclusive learning environments.
Resources
The resource library supports participants and public readers with practical, carefully framed materials for continued inquiry in studios, classrooms, and communities.
Contact
We welcome enquiries from prospective participants, collaborators, host venues, and partner organizations in the Netherlands and beyond.
Applications, collaborations, workshops, press, and hosting enquiries.
