Meet the Choreographers:
@moriahmarkowitz
Moriah is a choreographer, dance educator, and certified yoga instructor based in New York. She received her BFA in Dance from the University at Buffalo. After receiving her degree, she created the New York-based contemporary dance company “The Mo.vement.” Moriah has showcased her work at multiple venues and companies including, but not limited to, Yelp Events, Carnival Choreographer’s Ball, Peridance’s APEX Dance Festival, DUMBO Dance Festival, KoDaFe Dance Festival, and Eryc Taylor Dance NCG.
In addition to her contemporary concentration as a choreographer, she explores movement in other genres and enjoys creating fusions inspired by jazz, contemporary, modern, tap, ballet, and street styles. Moriah choreographs and teaches across the US in studios, conventions, and universities.
nyc, you are magic. the most beautiful week of moving. thank you for finding me and being a part of the warmth and power of these spaces. they are bigger than all of us. dance is bigger than all of us. the conversation, sharing, vulnerability, courage, community, and healing embodied in these spaces is carried outward and outward into the world, into the darkest places, the brightest places, into every step taken, into the hearts around you, and to the front lines of change. this matters. this is change. love in darkness is rebellion. community and belonging in a world of isolation is rebellion. art when words fail us is so loud.
“when it hurts, we return to the banks of certain rivers.”
home. see you again soon. xo
Support The Mo.vement all summer 2024!
So grateful for all these performance opportunities in various venues throughout NYC, and our first performance in California!
We hope to see you there!!!!
We are accepting donations to help with costs of dancers pay, rehearsal space, costuming, travel, etc. Any bit counts, and we thank you in advance for your support ✨
i fall in and out of love with being a student sometimes (rather, it’s a love/pain relationship). some days it’s rlly rlly hard to be the sponge that we all are all the time, without the guilt and judgement and shame that comes with growing pains and growing up (and imposter syndrome🥸 ugh). other days i am open and honest and hold more space for myself to be patient with my process. and then on some other days i feel both!! lol
i write this out to remind myself and hopefully anyone who this resonates with that even on the days where it’s a lil harder in a different way, we are still performing an act of love for ourselves and for the world by showing up to spaces to be vulnerable and open to learning and unlearning. and for fostering community as we do so!!
@haydenjfrederick your space always helps me feel at home in my body. thank you for continuously facilitating this community esp when the world needs it the most. love u a lot come back soon!!!
music by @saerows@bdcnyc
places, friends, dance & things. last slide best slide
1- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes Death Valley CA
2- clip from @avenuela !! @willearnston choreo❤️🔥
3- Las Vegas, NV / 6 year fam reunion
4- Carnival NY with @the_mo.vement@choreographers_carnival
5- Artists Palette Death Valley CA
6- @lunaluna when sister came to visit
7- home & buddy (i ❤️ NY)
8- more Artists Palette
9- Angels Stadium (Go Yankees)
10- @officialroyalfamilydancecrew performing in NY. Best performance I’ve ever witnessed ever. (I cried)
Late post! Last regional (comp 4) with @halloffamedance was intense. My solo truth be told was awarded first in the jazz category, a showmanship award, a grand slam adjudication, as well as 4th place overall out of 96 numbers, beating 92! My duet “no air” was also awarded 4th and an adjudication of grand slam! This competition was also a very emotional one, handing our graduating seniors their “senior boards” definitely a very hard watch, especially with my duet partner of 6 years being one of the seniors this year. Love you guys so much @ipac_dance_co#bleedblue💙#intense#dancing#💙💙💙#7#seniors#ipac#family
