Movement of the People Dance Company

(PERFORMERS) Founded in 2005 by Bessie Award winning choreographer, Joya Powell, Movement of the People Dance Company is dedicated to addressing sociocultural injustices through multidisciplinary immersive Contemporary Dance. Their work explores active-isms under the lens of Africanist expressions. Performance engagements include: BAM, Lincoln Center, SummerStage, La Mama, The 92nd St Y, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Movement Research @ Judson Church, BAAD!, and The School of Contemporary Dance & Thought (Northampton) among others. Recognition include: 2020 Bodies in Motion Residency, 2020-2021 CUNY Dance Initiative Residency; 2019 Certificate of Appreciation – Manhattan Borough President: Gale Brewer, 2018-2019 EtM Choreographer Residency, 2017-2018 Women in Motion Fellowship, 2016-2017 Dancing While Black Fellowship. MOPDC facilitates community engagements nationally and internationally, and they hold an annual Free Day of Dance and acclaimed Winter Intensive. On the indigenous land of the Munsee Lenape, also known as Canarsie Brooklyn, Brittany Grier is an interdisciplinary artist who utilizes movement to build empowered communities. It has come through the intersection of dance, social justice, as well as storytelling; that honors legacy/traditions. The space continues to be heightened through her service as a dancer, community liaison, educator, choreographer and rehearsal director. She is grateful for Movement Of The People Dance Company, where dance is the vehicle that helps drive connections between individual narrative and collective response. “It is the nourish•me[a]nt for a creative being whole. Megan J. Minturn is a dancer, choreographer, and educator.  She is honored to be a member of Movement of the People Dance Company; the people and movements in the company have nourished and helped her grow for the past 10 years. Her company, MJM Dance, performed at the 92nd St Y, Dixon Place, the Ailey Citigroup Theatre, Mark Morris Dance Center, HERE Arts Center, and Miami University of Ohio among others. Megan dances with MOPDC and Catherine Gallant Dance. Awards include Fund for Teachers Fellow (2019), Don Quixote Awardee (2019), NY State Dance Education Association’s Outstanding Educator of the Year (2016), Education Update’s Educator of the Year (2015), and BAC Grant (2013).