MMF includes four (4) movement workshops and an evening concert. The workshops are led by both local and visiting Festival Artists and open to participants of all experience levels high school age and older. This year Agora Artists is happy to provide a lunch by CAVA to participants. Lunch is included in the MMF Pass and will be available for purchase day of! For the second half of the day, patrons are invited for drinks and art in the garden starting at 7pm before the evening concert at 8pm. The concert features a variety of dance-based performance presented by the Festival Artists and will conclude with music and mingling post-performance.
MMF 2022 Festival Artists include Alexandra Hernandez (Dallas, TX), Cami Holman (Dallas, TX), and Kelsey Oliver (Austin, TX).
All participants, staff, and artists are required to follow COVID-safety regulations determined by Agora Artists and Arts Mission Oak Cliff.
Agree to COVID Liability form, for review during checkout
Patrons may were a mask at their own discretion
If you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or feel ill, please do not come (we will miss you, but MMF will be back next year!)
Agora Artists is requiring a negative COVID tests from each Festival Artist before the festivities begin
Tickets: Workshops: $5/workshop | MMF Pass: $20 (includes all 4 workshops + lunch!) | MMF Concert: FREE*
*Learn more about Agora Artists ticketing philosophy
Limited MMF 2021 t-shirts will be available at the festival!
Meet the Festival Artists!
The Workshops:
10-11:30AM: MOVES w/ Agora Artists, Avery-Jai & Lauren
Gentle moves, big moves, small moves, fast moves. We'll get you ready and warm to take on the day!
11:45AM-1:15PM: Momentum + Floorwork w/ Kelsey
Dancers will find their inner squirrel as the class:
- Breaks down techniques of entering, leaving, and partnering with the floor
- Experiments with moves of momentum having to do with circularity, spirals, and flight
- Explores finding center of gravity through inversions and obscure alignments
1:15-2:15PM : Brown Bag with Festival Artists (free)
2:15-3:45PM: Re-Embodying Modern Forms w/ Cami
This class will explore elements of Horton technique via Bartenieff Fundamental principles. Participants will engage with Horton based movements with the verbal cueing of Bartenieff Fundamentals in order to re-embody the concepts of both forms by bringing them into conversation with one another. (and some floorwork too!)
4-5:30PM: ¡PRESENTE! w/ Alexandra
‘Presente’ in Spanish literally means here but is also used in Latin American activism work to hold in memory those who are not no longer here physically, but are present in spirit and in the work that is being done.
This performance art workshop focuses on finding the stories that our bodies already hold and how to present that through movement/dance in relation to music and sound, to other performers and our audience. This workshop is meant to explore performance, presence and trusting that our bodies and natural movement is all we need to tell a story. Participants of this worksop are invited to perform in the evening concert!
Moments from past MMF’s <3
Mini Movement Fest 2021 is supported by