Labs - INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS CONSORTIUM

The Interdisciplinary Arts Lab has traditionally served as a continuation of the IIAC residencies, affording artists the opportunity to share their research with a wider community of participants through a series of workshops centered on interdisciplinary exploration, with the body and movement serving as common ground. Formerly the Moving Arts Lab from 2013-2021 (see below), August 2023 marked the occasion of the first full iteration of the lab at Movement Research in New York City.

2024

From August 9-10, 2024 the Interdisciplinary Arts Lab celebrated its third annual offering in partnership with Movement Research at 122 Cultural Center in Manhattan. Featuring 10 workshops over two days led by participants in the 2024 IIAC residency, it also included a Roundtable Discussion in which each artist shared insights and discoveries from the residency, including devising methods for knowledge generation and exchange as well as innovative structures that support equanimity, transparency and advocacy within marginalized and international communities. For an overview of the Lab, click here.

2023

From August 4-5, 2023 the Interdisciplinary Arts Lab enjoyed its first full iteration at Movement Research in New York City. Participants were invited to investigate and experience ways that movement, sound, image, and performance can inform human culture. With multiple workshops each day, teaching artists who just engaged in the IIAC residency joined with participants from around the world to create an embodied dialogue at the intersection of modalities—contemporary dance, improvisation, voice, sound, visual art, social rituals, walking practices, and more. For more information, click here.

2022

In Summer 2022, Moving Arts Lab shifted its name to the Interdisciplinary Arts Lab, offering more concentrated exploration in a different environment with artists participating in the IIAC residency. Due to Covid, only two of the originally planned workshops were able to be offered. Click here for more information for the 2022 Lab.

HISTORY

2010

In 2010, Peter Sciscioli was invited to be a lead artist in the inaugural E|MERGE residency at Earthdance. As part of his project, he proposed a series of labs in which the participating artists could share something of their processes and approaches to making work. While only mildly successful due to active participation in other projects, the idea fueled a larger concept which has since transformed into Sciscioli's curating of the IIAC residencies and the Moving Arts Lab. For more about the genesis of IIAC and the residency program, check out this blog interview with Davi Cohen from 2013: www.earthdance.net/blog

2011 / 2012

After teaching and performing in the Western Mass Moving Arts Festival (WMMAF) at Earthdance in Summer 2011, Peter was invited by Earthdance's former Executive Artistic Director Krista DeNio to join the Programming Committee. The opportunity included the option to curate a residency. Extending the idea of the labs, Sciscioli was able to schedule the first IIAC residency directly before the WMMAF 2012, for which he also served as co-curator.

2013

In 2013, Peter was invited to take the lead on curating the WMMAF, and proposed altering the name to the Moving Arts Lab in order to reflect a more international roster of teachers and to encourage more experimentation and exploration within the workshops. To see photos from the Moving Arts Lab 2013, please click here. More info.

Guillaumarc Froidevaux and Daniel Han
teaching during the Moving Arts Lab 2013
Photo: Sean Hudson

2014

As of 2014, the Moving Arts Lab was held during a weekend in the summer at Earthdance, and included a total of 21 workshops each year and a faculty performance open to the public. In 2014, a dialogue session between IIAC residency artists, teachers and participants was introduced. To see photos from the Moving Arts Lab 2014, please click here. More info.

Olivier Tarpaga teaching during the
Moving Arts Lab 2014
Photo: Peter Sciscioli

2015

In August 2015 the Moving Arts Lab served as a full extension of the IIAC residency, providing each of the participating artists an opportunity to facilitate at least one workshop during the weekend. A dialogue session, focusing on new language to describe interdisciplinary performance and practices and identifying creative models for exchange and engagement with a broader public, took place between IIAC artists, Earthdance staff, and participants in the Lab. A faculty performance, showcasing a range and depth of interdisciplinary approaches, was also offered. To see photos from the Moving Arts Lab 2015, please click here. More info.

Participants in Michelle Boulé's
Performance Practices workshop
Photo: Peter Sciscioli

2016

From August 18-21, 2016 the Moving Arts Lab celebrated its 4th annual offering at Earthdance in Western Massachusetts, serving as both a continuation of the IIAC residency August 14-18 and as a festival meeting ground for interdisciplinary exploration, with 21 workshops, an open dialogue session, and performance by Lab facilitators from around the world. For more information, click here.

To see photos from the Moving Arts Lab 2016, please click here.

2017

In July 2017 the Moving Arts Lab turned 5 years old! From July 20-23, 2017 the Lab served as a continuation of the IIAC residency, July 16-20, and as a festival meeting ground for interdisciplinary exploration, with 21 workshops, a new embodied dialogue session, and performance by Lab facilitators from around the world. For more information click here.

2018

From August 23-26, 2018 the Moving Arts Lab celebrated its 6th annual offering at Earthdance in Western Massachusetts, serving both as a continuation of the IIAC residency, August 19-23, and as a festival meeting ground for interdisciplinary exploration, with 21 workshops, an open dialogue session, and performance by Lab facilitators from around the world. Participants gathered from Australia, California, Canada, England, France, Florida, Jamaica, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York! For more information, please click here .

2019

From August 22-25, 2019 the Moving Arts Lab celebrated its 7th annual offering at Earthdance in Western Massachusetts, serving both as a continuation of the IIAC residency, August 18-22, and as a festival meeting ground for interdisciplinary exploration, with 21 workshops, an open dialogue session, and performance by Lab facilitators from around the world. Participants gathered from California, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Massachusetts, Mexico, New York, North Macedonia, Pennsylvania, Poland, and South Korea! For more information, please click here .

2020

From August 21-23, 2020 the Moving Arts Lab celebrated its 8th year and first time being offered as an online festival. With generous hosting by Earthdance in Western Massachusetts, IIAC artists offered 18 interdisciplinary workshops, with participants from 17 U.S. states and 5 countries. More info here .

2021
In light of the pandemic, the Moving Arts Lab continued as an online offering, July 23-25, 2021 and celebrated its 9th year in existence, with generous hosting by Earthdance in Western Massachusetts where the residencies and labs have otherwise taken place. More info here.

For more information on each year's offerings, including the schedules and roster of teachers, please click on a corresponding image to the right.

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