Choreo Lab w/ Meg Dodini

Saturday, February 14  

11 AM - 2 PM 

Arts Mission Oak Cliff (410 S Windomere Ave Dallas, TX 75208)

Sliding Scale $5 - $15

We will develop a project that originated during Meg’s final weeks of graduate school. The work explores how communication becomes distorted and misinterpreted through both spoken word and physical movement. The lab will engage a range of improvisational methods—many of them radical approaches Meg studied with professors in Germany and Bulgaria—which will be devised into structured scores and, potentially, set movement and text. The long-term goal of the lab is to identify dancers to complete the project for presentation and eventual culmination as a dance film, filmed by Meg and her husband, both dance filmmakers.

Choreo Lab is an experiment in short-term, low-stakes creative processes that mutually benefit dancers and dancemakers. Led by a new choreographer each session, we create instant ensembles, giving the choreographer an opportunity to test out creative ideas on bodies other than their own and dancers the opportunity to meet collaborators, learn new movement styles, and be in a process-oriented environment. Dancemakers might ask participants to create their own material, play with spacing/facing, and engage with other compositional elements. 

Each session will start with a 15-30 min warm up depending on the needs of the process. Before each session participants will receive more details about what to expect including notes on apparel and other elements that might be involved like writing, speaking, and/or physical contact. A sliding scale of $5-15/person for each session will help cover the cost of studio space and admin. 

*NEW* Performance opportunity for participants! Spring 2026 Choreo Lab choreographers are invited to share their work in an informal showing at Sammons Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 25, 2026! This low-tech, informal showing invites friends and family to get a glimpse of dance works created in the labs, while offering dancers the opportunity to perform. Showings will also include a facilitated discussion between choreographers and viewers to give makers the opportunity to ask questions, gather feedback, and share valuable insights about their work with the audience. Participation in the informal showing is preferred, but not required, to participate in choreo lab sessions!

Choreo Lab was conceived by Lauren Kravitz with considerable support from Rai Barnard. Together, we’ll facilitate and develop this series.