With the Movement Research Labs, ICK provides the opportunity for choreographers and dancers to deep dive into the research development of their dance and movement language and for peer-to-peer exchange. The Movement Research Labs are a unique context for dance research developed by ICK in collaboration with Scott deLahunta with input, guidance and feedback from a shared background of longstanding and internationally recognized expertise in dance (an)notation, documentation, knowledge transfer and publication.  One of the key principles of the Labs is the development of “skilful entanglement” between corporeal and verbal languaging, leaving space for the ineffable while simultaneously fine tuning participants’ abilities to name, describe and transmit insights, experiences and danced expression. This process is intended to feed the continuous development of increasingly specific, conscious and idiosyncratic articulations of the dancing body.

Previous participants of the Movement Research Labs (#1: 2022; #2: 2023; #3: 2024):
Charles Pas, Gerben Vaillant, Vincent Colomes, Roshanak Morrowatian, Jim Buskens, Suka Horn, Alexandre Goyer, Ainhoa Hernandez, Romy Stark Antonina Pushkareva, Neda Ruzheva, Erikas Zilaitis, Nick Deroo, Flavia Pinheiro, Laisvie Ochoa, Keerti Basavarajaiah, Edward Lloyd, Mees Meeuwsen, Maxime Abbenhues, Sara Europaeus, Sivan Rubinstein, Charlotte Gillain and Patrick Bayha.

This year, Movement Research Labs #4 will take place from October 20-24, 2025.
The participants are Niek Vanoosterwijk; Henry Rodrigues and Sierra Mann; Roberta Maimone; Eloy Cojal and Antonella Fittipaldi.

The ICK Movement Research Labs are hosted by Prof.dr. Scott deLahunta and Dr. Suzan Tunca.