Our History
Selected Past Performance Events
See complete history below.
Photo: Peter McCullough, Sacred Spaces (2009)
“Demure as Dynamite”
(2017) Bryant Park Dance Festival, NYC
(2015) Triskelion Arts Presents, Brooklyn, NY
(2015) Making Moves Dance Festival, Queens, NY
(2015) Green Street Studios, Boston, MA
(2015) Performance Mix Festival, NYC
(2015) Dance Alloy Studio Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
(2014) SOPAC, South Orange, NJ
(2014) Ailey CitiGroup Theater, NYC
Photo: Rachel Neville Photography
Teaching and Performance Tours
(2011) Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan with US Department of State
(2012) Morocco with Action Danse & US Embassy
(2012) Guatemala with Dance Form Productions
Photo: Jessie Young
Complete History
EVENING-LENGTH PERFORMANCES
(2025) Where She Once Stood, bringing the Crane House & Historic YWCA to life through dance, Crane House & Historic YWCA, Montclair, NJ
(2025) The Moving Architects Work-in-Progress Community Showing, Union Congregational Church, Montclair, NJ
(2024) O my soul, Arts on Site, New York, New York
(2023) O my soul, Montclair Women’s Club, Montclair, NJ
(2023) Shapes of Movement, Shores of Lummi Island, WA
(2020) The Moving Architects at 21C Museum, In Collaboration with Imlay Gallery, Crystal Gregory, and gwen charles, Lexington, KY
(2019) Artist-In-Residence Showing at Dancewave, Brooklyn, NY
(2017) AMERICA DAWN, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY
(2017) Anthology, The Tank, New York, NY
(2017) Anthology, Jersey City Theater Center, Jersey City, NJ
(2016) AMERICANA, Presented By Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY
(2011) PLUCK, Fasseas White Box Theater, Chicago, IL
(2010) SACRED SPACES, Welles Park Tennis Court, Chicago, IL
(2010) SACRED SPACES, Cliff Dweller’s Art Foundation, Chicago, IL
(2010) SACRED SPACES, Columbus Dance Theater, Columbus, OH
(2010) SACRED SPACES, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
(2010) SACRED SPACES, Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
(2010) SACRED SPACES, St. Paul’s Chapel, Chicago, IL
(2009) The Tasting Room, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
(2009) Works-in-Progress Showing, Wilson College, PA
(2009) Stops on the Line, Church of the Epiphany, Chicago, IL
(2009) Stops on the Line, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
(2009) Stops on the Line, Maine-Niles Association of Special Recreation, Morton Grove, IL
(2008) Brass Figures, Hamlin Park, Chicago, IL
(2008) Brass Figures, Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, MI
(2008) 1001 Afternoons in Chicago, Fine Arts Building, Chicago, IL
(2008) 1001 Afternoons in Chicago, Music Institute of Chicago, Evanston, IL
(2007) Loop Detail, Dancebridge Choreographic Residency, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
(2007) Iowa Fringe Festival, Hohberger Building, Des Moines, IA
(2007) Neese Theater, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
(2007) Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Shared Evening-Length Performances
(2022) Take Root at Green Space, Split Bill Performance Featuring the Moving Architects and Alan Good/Allen Fogelsange, Queens, NYC
(2023) {Re}HAPPENING 21, Black Mountain College, Asheville, NC
(2019) Elevate: A Triple Bill of Female Choreographers, Fearless. Femme. The Future with Bryce Dance Company / The Moving Architects / Shana Simmons Dance, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
(2019) Elevate: A Triple Bill of Female Choreographers, Fearless. Femme. The Future with Bryce Dance Company / The Moving Architects / Shana Simmons Dance, The Dance Complex, Boston, MA
(2019) Elevate: A Triple Bill of Female Choreographers, Fearless. Femme. The Future with Bryce Dance Company / The Moving Architects / Shana Simmons Dance, The Actors Fund Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
(2015) Objective I: A Split Bill Exploring Editing In Dance With Shana Simmons Dance And The Moving Architects, KST Dance Alloy Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
(2015) Objective I: A Split Bill Exploring Editing In Dance With Shana Simmons Dance And The Moving Architects, Gibney Dance Studios, New York, NY
(2014) DEMURE AS DYNAMITE, Split Bill, Presented By Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY
(2014) Take Root Shared Concert Series, Presented By Green Space, Queens, NY
(2013) WORLDING, With Guest Artists Noa Zuk (Israel) And Joanie Audet (Quebec), Fasseas White Box Theater, Chicago, IL
(2012) SECTOR, Fasseas White Box Theater, Chicago, IL
(2012) Links Hall Presents The Purple State, Curated By Artistic Associate Erin Carlisle Norton, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
(2009) The Tasting Room, With Guest Artist Ayako Kato, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Festivals and Showcases
(2025) SpringUP! Dance Festival sponsored by Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange with Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
(2025) The Moving Architects at Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
(2023) Paradigm Gallery + Studio, Philadelphia, PA
(2023) Pentacle Presents: Dance in Philadelphia, Performance Garage, Philadelphia, PA
(2023) Women in Motion Salon Series, West Village, New York, NY
(2023) Pentacle Presents: Fall Further XII, Dixon Place, NY
(2023) Freespace Dance and Friends, Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center (OSPAC), West Orange, NJ
(2022) Selection Newark Dances, Weequahic Park, Newark, NJ
(2022) Mark Degarmo Dance Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change 2022
(2022) Pentacle Presents: Fall Further XI, Dixon Place, New York, NY
(2021) Outside The Lines, A Site-Specific Dance Series, Centenary University, NJ
(2021) Capturing The Moment, A Showcase Of New Jersey Choreographer Fellows (Virtual Event), South Orange Performing Arts Center, South Orange, NJ
(2020) The Moving Architects At SPRING/BREAK Art Show, In Collaboration with Imlay Gallery, Crystal Gregory, & Gwen Charles, New York, NY
(2020) Leaning Into The Unknown, Livestream Event With Ramapo College’s Berrie Center, Mahwah, NJ
(2020) Show Up & Dance: Celebrating The Dances Of 2020 (Virtual Event), Dance New Jersey
(2019) Nimbus PRESENTS: APAP Showcase, Alvin Ailey Dance Studios, New York, NY
(2019) Fast Forward, Dixon Place, New York, NY
(2019) Performance Mix Festival, University Settlement, New York, NY
(2018) HATCH Presenting Series, Jennifer Muller/The Works, New York, NY
(2018) Movement Research Open Performance, Eden’s Expressway, New York, NY
(2018) Spark Dance Forum, The Actors Fund Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
(2018) Liberty Hall Dance Festival, Kean University, Union, NJ
(2018) Nimbus Presents: OFFLINE+, BAM, Brooklyn, NY
(2018) I ♥ Gibney Dance Center, Gibney Dance, New York, NY
(2017) Pentacle Presents Fall Further VI, Dixon Place, New York, NY
(2017) The Moving Architects At Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
(2017) Dance Newark! Hosted By Maurice Chestnut, The Orange Sticks, Newark, NJ
(2017) The Moving Architects At Second Saturdays, Central Presbyterian Church, Montclair, NJ
(2017) Bryant Park Presents Contemporary Dance 2017, Bryant Park, New York, NY
(2016) Pentacle Presents: The Gallery, The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA
(2016) Pentacle Presents The Gallery and Guests at APAP, New York City Center, New York, NY
(2016) Your Move: New Jersey’s Modern Dance Festival, Featured Dance Company, Debaun Auditorium, Hoboken, NJ
(2016) Pentacle Presents Fall Further V, Dixon Place, New York, NY
(2016) Nimbus Presents OFFLINE, Nimbus Dance Works, Jersey City, NJ
(2016) The Moving Architects at Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
(2016) Championship Round: XYZ NYC Dance Series, The Tank, New York, NY
(2016) Pentacle Presents The Gallery and Friends: Boston, The Dance Complex, Cambridge, MA
(2016) Pentacle Presents The Gallery at APAP, City Center, New York, NY
(2016) Nacre Dance Presents “So You Think You Can Choreograph?!”, Proctors Theater, Schenectady, NY
(2016) XYZ NYC Dance Series, The Tank, New York, NY
(2016) Making Moves Dance Festival, Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica, NY
(2015) New Dance Alliance Performance Mix Festival, HERE, New York, NY
(2015) Pentacle Presents The Gallery: Boston, Green Street Studios, Cambridge, MA
(2015) Pentacle Presents Fall Further III, Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY
(2015) NJ State Council On The Arts Choreographic Fellowship Concert, South Orange Performing Arts Center, South Orange, NJ
(2015) Under Exposed, Dixon Place, New York, NY
(2015) Your Move Dance Festival, Hoboken, NJ
(2015) Movement Research Open Performance, Eden’s Expressway, New York, NY
(2014) COLLABFEST, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn, NY
(2014) Touch Theory Showcase, Peridance, New York, NY
(2014) Your Move Dance Festival, Jersey City, NJ
(2014) Movement Research Open Performance, Eden’s Expressway, New York, NY
(2014) NY10, Dixon Place, New York, NY
(2013) Artistic Residency Showing, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2013) Erin Carlisle Norton MFA Project, Balletmet Performance Space, Columbus, OH
(2012) THAW (Links Hall Annual Fundraiser), Performance And Curation By TMA, Dank
Haus German American Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
(2012) Airings And Sharings Works-In-Progress Showing With Noa Zuk, Visceral Dance Center, Chicago, IL
(2012) Harvest Chicago Contemporary Dance Festival, Ruth Page Center For The Arts, Chicago, IL
(2012) Association Fleur D’ Orange’s Action Dance 5 Festival, Oujda, Casablanca, and Marrakech, Morocco
(2012) Danceforms Productions International Festival, Guatemala City, Guatemala
(2012) The Other Dance Festival, Hamlin Park, Chicago, IL
(2011) Danceforms Productions International Festival, Louisville, KY
(2011) PLUCK (Excerpt), APAP at DNA, New York, NY
(2011) Columbus Dances Fellowship Concert, Columbus Dance Theater, Columbus, OH
(2011) Airings and Sharings Works-In-Progress Showing, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
(2011) Airings and Sharings Works-In-Progress Showing, Outerspace, Chicago, IL
(2011) Winter Student Dance Concert, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
(2010) Movement Research Open Performance, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY
(2010) Dance Union, Fasseas White Box Theater, Chicago, IL
(2010) The Other Dance Festival, Hamlin Park, Chicago, IL
(2009) Guest Dance Company With AIR Project, With Sentry Theater at The University Of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI
(2009) VOX 3 Musical Performance Group, Trinity Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
(2009) Pakistani Student Association Dance Fusions, Illinois Institute Of Technology, Chicago, IL
(2009) Featured Dance Company, Columbia College, Chicago Dance/Movement Therapy Concert, Hamlin Park, Chicago, IL
(2009) Artist Residency Performance, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2009) World Dance Alliance Conference-Americas, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI
(2009) Poonie’s Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
(2009) Links Hall Benefit Concert THAW, Sonotheque, Chicago, IL
(2008) Creative Residency Showing, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2007) Estrogen Festival, Prop Theater, Chicago, IL
(2007) Dance Forum, Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, MI
(2007) Adler Danztheater Festival, Hamlin Park, Chicago, IL
(2007) Arts Day, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
(2007) Poonie’s Cabaret, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
(2007) Stockyard’s Women Festival, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
Film Festivals and Projects
(2026) Dance Film Screening Where She Once Stood: The Women of the Crane House & Historic YWCA Alive Through Dance, Cinema 505 at Montclair Film, Montclair, NJ
(2023) Seoul Dance Film Festival, Art Nine, Seoul, South Korea
(2023) Opine Dance Festival, Bryn Mawr Film Institute, Bryn Mawr, PA
(2022) #MYDANCEFILM Dance on Camera Film at Lincoln Center, NYC
(2022) LONELAND, An Evening of Dance Cinema (Virtual Event)
(2022) The Outlet Dance Project Dance Film Fest, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
(2022) Acadia Dance Festival Dance Film Screenings (In-Person And Virtual), Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, ME
(2012) Airings and Sharings Works-In-Progress Online Vimeo.Com Series
(2011) Pryings, Collaborative Video Project by Alicia Chester and Andrea Slavik
(2011) The Moving Architects in Central Asia, Premiere Fasseas White Box Theater, Chicago, IL
(2010) Meet Erin, Premiere Outerspace, Chicago, IL
Residencies
(2024) Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange Residency, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
(2023) Visiting Artist and Creative Residency, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
(2023) The Monira Foundation Artist Residency, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City
(2022) IN 7 – Experimental Video Art Residency, Gardenship, Kearny Point, NJ
(2022) Motive’s 2022 For the Artists! Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY
(2022) MANA Contemporary Artist Residency, Jersey City, NJ
(2021) TPAIRR Artist Residency, Rehoboth Beach, DE
(2020) Selected - Creative Residency: Dragon’s Egg, Ledyard, CT
(2019) Selected - Creative Residency at Iron Factory, Philadelphia, PA
(2019) Artist-In-Residence at Dancewave, Brooklyn, NY
(2019) Creative Residency at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2018) Creative Residency at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2017) Creative Residency at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2017) Choreographic Residency, Nimbus Dance Works, Jersey City, NJ
(2016) Creative Residency at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2015) Creative Residency at WIlson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2014) Creative Residency at WIlson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2013) Creative Residency at WIlson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2012) Creative Residency at WIlson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2011) Artist-In-Residence: High Concept Laboratories, Chicago, IL
(2011) Artist Residency: EMMA Lab At ACCAD At Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
(2010) Creative Residency at WIlson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2009) Creative Residency at Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2009) Creative Residency at WIlson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2008) Creative Residency at WIlson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2007) Dancebridge at Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Guest Teaching, Workshops, and Master Classes
(2026) The Moving Architects Community Dance Workshops, Yoga Mechanics, Montclair, NJ
(2025) Essex County Teen Arts Festival, Turtleback Zoo, West Orange, NJ
(2025) The Moving Architects Performance Workshops, Yoga Mechanics, Montclair, NJ
(2023) Guest Teacher at Dance Local, Bernardsville, NJ
(2023) Guest Choreographer at DanceBARN Festival, Battle Lake, MN
(2023) Visiting Artist, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
(2022) Dance & Architecture Exploratory Lab, with Professors Ashlie Boelkins and Olivia Pontiff and Master of Architecture graduate students from the School of Architecture & Design at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Gibney, New York, NY
(2019) Master Classes as Artist-In-Residence at Dancewave, Brooklyn, NY
(2019) Creative Movement Class for Teens, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
(2019) Elevate Master Classes, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
(2018) Valley Day School Residency, Morrisville, PA
(2018) Creative Movement Class, Montclair Public Library, Montclair, NJ
(2016) Moving Target Series, Green Space Studios, Cambridge, MA
(2016) Guest Choreographer, Dancing In The Crows Community Project, Pomerene Center For The Arts, Coshocton, OH
(2016) Guest Artist at Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
(2015) Guest Artist at Gibney Dance, New York, NY
(2015) Open Company Class at Chez Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
(2012) Guest Artist with Association Fleur D’ Orange’s Action Dance 5 Festival, in Oujda,
Casablanca, And Marrakech, Morocco
(2012) Master Classes at Women’s Schools Throughout Marrakech, Morocco
(2012) Master Class at Ballet Moderno Y Folklorico De Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
(2012) Master Class at Dance Department at The Escuela Superior De Artes De La Universidad De San Carlos De Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
(2012) Master Class at Arte Centro Graciela Andrade De Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala
(2012) Guest Artist at Wilson College Dance Program, Chambersburg, PA
(2011) Guest Artist at Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
(2010) Master Classes at Columbus Dance Theater, Columbus, OH
(2010) Open Company Classes at Outerspace, Chicago, IL
(2009) Open Company Classes at Outerspace, Chicago, IL
(2009) The Moving Architects Company Class Series, Outerspace, Chicago, IL
(2009) Guest Artist, Maine-Niles Center for Special Recreation, Niles, IL
(2009) The Moving Architects Company Class Series, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
(2008) Guest Artist, Wellspring Theater, Kalamazoo, MI
(2008) Guest Artist, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
(2007) Guest Artist, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
Special Events
(2025) Making Art Outside the Academy, Virtual Panel, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
(2024) Nomination, Women in Podcasting Award, Virtual Event
(2022) Creative Pathfinders, Virtual Interview of Erin Carlisle Norton, led by Bebe Miller, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
(2022) The Moving Architect Fall Festival, Montclair Brewery, Montclair, NJ
(2018) Guide, Center Line’s Circling Back: DIY Dance Media with Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Gibney, NYC
(2018) Guest Speaker, Center Line’s Long Table: Our Media with Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Gibney, NYC
(2016) Fundraiser: Fitness for The Arts with Philanthrofit, Central Park, NY
(2015) Moderator Erin Carlisle Norton, Chez Bushwick Showing, Brooklyn, NY
(2012) TMA Co-Presents Noa Zuk For Gaga Master Classes: Northwestern University, Visceral Dance Center, Columbia College Chicago, IL
(2011) TMA Summer Dance Retreat Workshops: Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
(2011) Lone, Choreographed Solo Commissioned by Bettina Vaccarrello, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
(2009) Guest Panelist at Artists at Work Symposium, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
(2011) Curator: Artistic Associate for “The Purple State” with Ohio-based female artists, Links Hall, Chicago, IL
(2009) Guest Panelist at Artists At Work Symposium, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
(2009) Guest Panelist: Women in the Arts Brown Bag Lunch Series, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
International Tours
(2012) Oujda, Casablanca, and Marrakech, Morocco, with Action Danse Festival (2.5 Weeks), Teaching and Performances throughout Morocco
(2012) Guatemala City Region, Guatemala with Danceform Productions (1 Week), Performance and Master Classes at Ballet Moderno Y Folklorico De Guatemala, Dance Department at The Escuela Superior De Artes De La Universidad De San Carlos De Guatemala, Arte Centro Graciela Andrade De Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala
(2011) Tajikistan And Kyrgyzstan (2 Weeks), Teaching and Performance Tour Sponsored by U.S. Embassy/Dept. of State
Photos: Rachel Neville Photography (background), Julie Lemberger Photography (bottom)
