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The collaborative group was able to bring a diverse group of performers together, creating a movement palette and vocabulary that was able to hold the diversity of the cast. - Jeffery Bullock, Dance Critic
Movement Migration was awarded two state grants in the 2023 funding cycle and a grant from the ASC
Movement Migration has been awarded two grants from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Artistic Director Kim Jones featured on WFAE: “The AAPI experience in Charlotte via art”
On this edition of Charlotte Talks… A conversation on being Asian American or Pacific Islander in Charlotte as experienced and expressed through the arts.
Artistic Director Kim Jones featured in recent issue of Dance Education in Practice
Journal Article Highlights Movement Migration’s Inclusive Virtual Dance Classes.
Artistic Director Kim Jones’ Research of Korean Modern Dancer is Subject of NEH Summer Institute Study
Artistic Director Kim Jones is researching lost works of Korea’s first modern dancer.
Then to Now: Taking the Next Steps
Kim Jones, the artistic director of Movement Migration, is a wonderful teacher who lights up the virtual room whenever she enters it. Kim made these classes affordable for everyone whilst bringing in world-renowned staff to teach.
Gwendolyn Bye’s Dance Voices Past & Present
The chemistry between these dancers smoldered from start to finish. By the denouement, you wanted to know more about these dancers and this dance.
Movement Migration celebra la cultura latina con danzas colombianas
La compañía de danza Movement Migration con base en Charlotte, NC bajo la dirección de Kim Jones llevará a cabo el 19 de junio un programa con danza tradicional colombiana, danza social latina y danza moderna estadounidense para el público en un intercambio cultural animado a través del movimiento y los sabores.
Faculty Projects Receive Arts & Science Council Grants
Movement Migration will receive support for a summer workshop and performance that bridges traditional and social Latin Dance forms and American modern dance, embedding the traditional forms in their historical context and exploring their interplay with modern concert dance.
How a Charlotte dancer created an international dance school during the pandemic
“I was looking for something fun to do during lockdown,” Jones said, explaining how she came to lead an international online dance school during the coronavirus pandemic.
Electricity/ Some thoughts on Movement Migration
One dance company, Movement Migration, is driving the power of dance to illuminate many lives internationally.