Movement Migration is a collective of seasoned dance artists collaborating to create and perform dynamic and poignant dance works that portray the depths of the human experience; the dances are shared with audiences locally and globally in performance and educational venues. “Migration” signals the transformation and convergence of technical training and individual approaches into a collective creativity that traverses cultural and generational boundaries and transfers movement knowledge from person to person and community to community.
Movement Migration is committed to making dance education, training, and performance accessible and inclusive at a level of artistic excellence that perpetuates and extends the legacies of American modern dance. Perhaps just as importantly, our genuinely diverse, intergenerational company is eager to bring our rich artistic experiences and life perspectives to the many cultural conversations that are important to the future of Charlotte.
Kim Jones is the Artistic Director of Movement Migration, a modern dance company based in Charlotte, NC. She is an Associate Professor of Dance at UNC Charlotte and a régisseur for the Martha Graham Resource Center. She danced with the Martha Graham Dance Company and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and served as a principal dancer in the US National Tour of The King and I. Kim is well known for her work with historic modern dances. Most recently, the late Paul Taylor, a leading American modern dance choreographer, offered Tracer (1962) as the subject of a scholarly reconstruction to Kim. She recreated the work using her research and dance expertise on Taylor 2 Dance Company members, thanks to funding from the NEA Art Works grant, UNC Charlotte Faculty Research Grant and Wells Fargo. In 2013, Kim reconstructed Martha Graham’s Imperial Gesture (1935), which is in the repertory of the Martha Graham Dance Company. Both reconstructed works were featured in the Sunday edition of The New York Times. Kim has also restaged Graham’s Primitive Mysteries (1931), Panorama (1935) and Steps in the Street (1936), with funding from the NEA American Masterpieces grant. In 2018/2019 served as Resident Director at Kingston University.
movementmigration@gmail.com
https://www.movementmigration.org/
14311 Reese Blvd, Ste A2 Box #307, Huntersville, NC 28078
Mecklenburg
This thought-provoking residency invites students to examine the connection between historical events and the arts. Movement Migration dance artists, steeped in the legacy of the celebrated modern dance pioneer the late Martha Graham, lead this residency. Students learn about two works: Steps in the Street (1936) and Lamentation (1930). Steps in the Street, a section of Chronicle (1936) was Graham’s response to rising fascism in Europe; it was created after she denied an invitation to have her company perform at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Students also evaluate Lamentation, a dance that is the embodiment of grief itself. Students respond to the works by using a variety of thinking skills. Students learn about the dances, view short excerpts from video footage, and examine images from the nineteen-thirties. Students create short works using what they’ve learned and respond to current events by creating short studies of movement under the direction of Movement Migration artists.
Kim Jones
movementmigration@gmail.com
Please contact for availability.
During school hours.
Open space, studio, gym, or dance classroom with floors that are safe for dancing. Sound equipment (speakers with auxiliary cord, Bluetooth capabilities, etc.)
Classroom, studio, dance classroom, gym, or an open space that is safe for movement.
Within Mecklenburg County
| Duration | One School/Class | Two Classes/Schools |
| One Day | $300 | $575 |
| Two Days | $580 | $1,100 |
| Three Days | $890 | $1,600 |
| Four Days | $1,100 | $2,150 |
Surrounding Area
| Duration | One School/Class | Two Classes/Schools |
| One Day | $400 | $675 |
| Two Days | $680 | $1,200 |
| Three Days | $990 | $1,700 |
| Four Days | $1,200 | $2,250 |
Region
| Duration | One School/Class | Two Classes/Schools |
| One Day | $630 | $905 |
| Two Days | $980 | $1,630 |
| Three Days | $1,330 | $2,230 |
| Four Days | $1,780 | $3,080 |
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.1
Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.2
Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
R6 Assess how point of view, perspective, or purpose shapes the content or style of a text
C.1 Understand cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary connections with dance. Exemplify connections between dance and concepts in other curricular areas.
B.C.1.1: Use dance to explore concepts in world history and relate them to significant
events, ideas, and movements from a global context.
R.1 Use a variety of thinking skills to analyze and evaluate dance.
25% of the fee if canceled within 45 days of engagement: 50%, of the fee if canceled within 30 days of engagement. Movement Migration will try to work with schools to reschedule in cases of inclement weather or emergencies.