Richard Move is an American present-day choreographer, dancer,
performing artist, director, and filmmaker. They are the Artistic
Director of MoveOpolis! and Move- It! Productions. Move is well known
internationally for their interest in Martha Graham and the ability to
recreate her performances. They are a TEDGlobal Oxford Fellow and was
named 1 of 12 TED Fellows who inspire by producing art that confronts
social injustice, and provokes action. Move is Assistant Arts
Professor at New York University in the Tisch School of the Arts’
Department of Dance. In 2018, Move was Artist in Residence at Pratt
Institute and Monash University’s MADA (Monash Art, Design and
Architecture) Artist in Residence in Melbourne, Australia. From 2014
â€" 2019, Move served as Assistant Professor of Dance in the
Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance at Queens College, CUNY and
from 2012-2014, as Lecturer in Design at Yale School of Drama.Born in
New York City and raised in Virginia, Move studied theater and dance
in high school and caught their first glimpse of Martha Graham's work
on a high school field trip to Washington D.C. Move said of Graham,
"The dance was beyond my comprehension at the time, but I understood
it was mythic and dramatic and so sexy and violent." They studied
dance at Virginia Commonwealth University and graduated with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts. They also trained for three years as a
scholarship student at the American Dance Festival at Duke University.
While performing internationally with many dance-theater companies,
from the Karole Armitage Ballet to DANCENOISE, Move worked as a go-go
dancer and performed in many nightclubs throughout the world. Their
birth name was Richard Winberg but was given the stage name Move by
those they worked with in the nightclub industry. They were co-founder
of Jackie 60, one of New York City's longest running and most
exclusive avant-garde nightclubs. Move earned a Master of Fine Arts in
Media Arts Production from City College of New York and a Master of
Arts and Master of Philosophy degrees in Performance Studies from New
York University. Move earned a Ph.D. in Performance Studies at New
York University, where they curated and produced the controversial Ana
Mendieta documentary Where is Ana Mendieta? 25 Years Later - An
Exhibition and Symposium, which included his film, BloodWork - The Ana
Mendieta Story. Art in America noted, "The overwhelming turnout for
the symposium-turned-courtroom drama was much larger than the
venue…the only such events to ever explicitly confront the
circumstances surrounding her death and to overtly frame Carl Andre's
acquittal of her murder as unjust."One of their best-known works,
Martha@... on the life and work of Martha Graham was created in 1996
and received two New York Dance and Performance Awards. Move has
performed nearly 30 dances by Graham including Lamentation,
Clytemnestra, Episodes and Phaedra.Their films include Strangers With
Candy (2006), Bardo (2009), recipient of the Jury Prize nomination at
Lincoln Center's Dance on Camera Festival and BloodWork-The Ana
Mendieta Story (2009), recipient of the National Board of Review
Award/CityVisions at the Directors Guild of America. Move's feature
film GhostLight (2003) had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film
Festival, is distributed by Palisades Tartan and was released on DVD
in June 2012. GhostLight also stars Ann Magnuson with Isaac Mizrahi,
Deborah Harry and Mark Morris. Reviews of Ghostlight include
"Glorious" by A.O. Scott of The New York Times and "Richard Move is
magnificent...Graham herself couldn't have done better." by Jami
Bernard of The Daily News. Move is Director and Producer of GIMP-The
Documentary, which premiered at the 2014 Film Society of Lincoln
Center’s Dance on Camera Festival.
performing artist, director, and filmmaker. They are the Artistic
Director of MoveOpolis! and Move- It! Productions. Move is well known
internationally for their interest in Martha Graham and the ability to
recreate her performances. They are a TEDGlobal Oxford Fellow and was
named 1 of 12 TED Fellows who inspire by producing art that confronts
social injustice, and provokes action. Move is Assistant Arts
Professor at New York University in the Tisch School of the Arts’
Department of Dance. In 2018, Move was Artist in Residence at Pratt
Institute and Monash University’s MADA (Monash Art, Design and
Architecture) Artist in Residence in Melbourne, Australia. From 2014
â€" 2019, Move served as Assistant Professor of Dance in the
Department of Drama, Theatre and Dance at Queens College, CUNY and
from 2012-2014, as Lecturer in Design at Yale School of Drama.Born in
New York City and raised in Virginia, Move studied theater and dance
in high school and caught their first glimpse of Martha Graham's work
on a high school field trip to Washington D.C. Move said of Graham,
"The dance was beyond my comprehension at the time, but I understood
it was mythic and dramatic and so sexy and violent." They studied
dance at Virginia Commonwealth University and graduated with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts. They also trained for three years as a
scholarship student at the American Dance Festival at Duke University.
While performing internationally with many dance-theater companies,
from the Karole Armitage Ballet to DANCENOISE, Move worked as a go-go
dancer and performed in many nightclubs throughout the world. Their
birth name was Richard Winberg but was given the stage name Move by
those they worked with in the nightclub industry. They were co-founder
of Jackie 60, one of New York City's longest running and most
exclusive avant-garde nightclubs. Move earned a Master of Fine Arts in
Media Arts Production from City College of New York and a Master of
Arts and Master of Philosophy degrees in Performance Studies from New
York University. Move earned a Ph.D. in Performance Studies at New
York University, where they curated and produced the controversial Ana
Mendieta documentary Where is Ana Mendieta? 25 Years Later - An
Exhibition and Symposium, which included his film, BloodWork - The Ana
Mendieta Story. Art in America noted, "The overwhelming turnout for
the symposium-turned-courtroom drama was much larger than the
venue…the only such events to ever explicitly confront the
circumstances surrounding her death and to overtly frame Carl Andre's
acquittal of her murder as unjust."One of their best-known works,
Martha@... on the life and work of Martha Graham was created in 1996
and received two New York Dance and Performance Awards. Move has
performed nearly 30 dances by Graham including Lamentation,
Clytemnestra, Episodes and Phaedra.Their films include Strangers With
Candy (2006), Bardo (2009), recipient of the Jury Prize nomination at
Lincoln Center's Dance on Camera Festival and BloodWork-The Ana
Mendieta Story (2009), recipient of the National Board of Review
Award/CityVisions at the Directors Guild of America. Move's feature
film GhostLight (2003) had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film
Festival, is distributed by Palisades Tartan and was released on DVD
in June 2012. GhostLight also stars Ann Magnuson with Isaac Mizrahi,
Deborah Harry and Mark Morris. Reviews of Ghostlight include
"Glorious" by A.O. Scott of The New York Times and "Richard Move is
magnificent...Graham herself couldn't have done better." by Jami
Bernard of The Daily News. Move is Director and Producer of GIMP-The
Documentary, which premiered at the 2014 Film Society of Lincoln
Center’s Dance on Camera Festival.
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