Perspectives In Motion was founded in New York City in 1988 by Artistic Director, Ann Moradian, originally as a contemporary dance and performance company. Today, our work focuses on collaborative, transdisciplinary, educational, devised and community projects that support systemic health, from the individual, to the social, to the larger natural world we are a part of.
Perspectives In Motion and its Director Ann Moradian are currently engaged in a number of projects, including an InterArts Initiative (which could be described as an experiment in social choreography for transformative creative practice), Inter-D Body (an interdisciplinary brain-body working group among scientists, clinicians and movement experts), and also Dancing Through Time and Space (a guided experiential journey from the birth of the universe, the stars and our planet, to our embodied lives today, developed by Ann Moradian and atmospheric scientist and geologist Scott Denning).
In addition, we are engaged in ongoing movement research, improvisation explorations, a rather laid back performance lab. Additional projects include stress management programs designed for teenagers, young adults and refugee workers, and ongoing research, writing and performance.
Previously, the company performed in New York City at venues such as Lincoln Centre, Marymount Manhattan Theatre, New York University, Joyce SoHo, Dia Art Foundation, 92ndStreet Y, and numerous festival and showcase performances. Additionally, the company commissioned works from artists such as Anna Sokolow and Holly Fairbank, conducted programs for at-risk youth and the elderly, toured in the US, and conducted a four-city tour of India.
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COLLABORATIVE CREATIVE PROJECTS:
Le Temps et effort au coeur de la comportement et de la santé mentale, an evening of improvisational dance with lecture presentations by neuroscientist David Robbe. Dance scores created collaboratively by Janet Amato, Christine Leroy, Clint Lutes, Maria N. Marin, Ann Moradian and Corinne Ott in response to the work of David Robbe. PMo-Terformed by Janet, Christine, Clint, Maria, Ann, Corinne and Rebecca Barnstaple as part of the conference, Brain-Body Interactions in Motion, March 5-7, 2024 at the Paris Brain Institute/ICM and the Mairie du 13eme (Paris).
Requiem for a Time Before, a social choreography for transformative creative practice, instigated by Ann Moradian, with the creative participation of Ben Cortes, Patricia Danahey-Janin, Michael Hayes, Deirdre Laughton, Corinne Ott, Nina Molinaro and Ed Huml, online global 2021-2022, and in-person August 11-18, 2022 (Woodstock, NY).
Figurative photography, Ann Moradian and photographer Alex Vanagas, Paris 2014 – 2016
I Saw You Over There, a physical theatre work created by actor Colum Morgan and choreographer Ann Moradian, performed by Colum in Paris 2014 – 2016
Medusa: The Birth of a Monster, a multi-disciplinary, devised work for 10-18, conceived by Ann Moradian in collaboration with visual artist Nannette Bertschy, developed in collaboration with lighting designer Fred Moreau, produced in cooperation with InterAction theatre group, with support from Centre nationale de la danse, Paris 2012 – 2013
Figurative photography & video, Ann Moradian and visual artist Nannette Bertschy, Paris 2004 – 2012
Canto Profundo, R. Quintero, Ann Moradian and Rajasthan marionette artists, Delhi 1997
Who Has Enlarged This Hole? Installation project with Darius Lipski, Monika Kulicka and various artists, including Ann Moradian, NYC 1994
Homo Faber, conceived by Ann Moradian with Ryme Katkhouda, sets Amy McTear & Mark Eisenhardt, for (+/-) 13 dancers, NYC 1994
NYC SEASON PERFORMANCES:
at the Lincoln Center, Clark Studio Theatre (2001), Dia Center for the Arts (1991/‘93/‘95), Pace Downtown Theatre (1993/‘94), Marymount Manhattan Theatre (1988/’91)
FESTIVALS AND SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS: (in NYC and the US)
include Gallatin Arts Festival (NYU 1995, ’92, ‘89), 92nd Street Y (1990-95), Dia Center for the Arts, Movement Research, Laban Institute, Dance Space, Mulberry Street Theatre, Evolving Arts (NYC), Gowanus Arts Exchange, Spoke/The Hub, Studio 207, The Field, Imagination Celebration (Syracuse, NY), Dance Services Network (CT), Bludance Theatre (CT), Denver Public High SchoolsDance Program (CO)
TOURING PROGRAMS:
include a performance tour to India (National Centre of the Performing Arts, Mumbai; GD Birla Sabhagar, Calcutta; Indian International Center, Delhi; Museum Theatre, Chennai; American Center, Mumbai and Chennai; Consul General’s residence, Chennai 1999; The Other Festival, Chennai 1999, 2001. US tour with collaboration with La Ki School (Paris) in 2008, introducing Kinomichi and PranaStretch in the US in Georgia, Colorado and NYC.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS:
include annual showings of work in-progress (from 1988-96); ongoing programs for teenagers; performance-dialogues for senior, community and mental health centers; apprentice-ship, GED-support and dance programs at The Door and Lincoln Center Square Neighborhood Centers for at-risk youth; What Works Workshops for choreographers (a collaborative venture between Ann Moradian and Deirdre Laughton); Weaving Partnerships: Arts, Business, Community (organised by Ryme Katkhouda, with Edwina Rager’s Challenge for the Future).
PRODUCED OR COMMISSIONED WORKS:
by artists including Anna Sokolow, Jim May, Ken Tosti, Holly Fairbank, Reinaldo de Palmer, Suki John, Andrea Fisher, Leslie Bryan, and company members
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