Name: Technique, Repertory, & Process: The Radical Act of Being
Start: 2026-07-27T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-31T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Mark Morris Dance Group

Technique, Repertory, & Process: The Radical Act of Being

UBW’s summer dance intensive invites dance artists to a week of rigorous training, research, and creative process with the UBW company.
About this Event

Dates: Monday, July 27, 2026 - Friday, July 31, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Experience Required: Intermediate – Advanced (18+)
Price: *$650
*Early-bird Special: Save $150 by registering before Friday, May 1, 2026, 11:59 PM ET
Unable to attend the full week of Technique, Repertory, & Process?
Drop-in to UBW’s Physical Practice & Dance Class from 10 AM - 12:30 PM Monday through Friday! Register at the door or in advance by visiting [MMDG LINK].

See more information and the daily schedule below.

For over 40 years, UBW has stood at the intersection of movement and social justice — cultivating artists who are powerful, culturally aware, and community-responsive. The Technique, Repertory, and Process: The Radical Act of Being summer dance intensive carries that legacy forward.

Step into a week of rigorous training, creative investigation and process, and community-centered practice with UBW. The company’s revolutionary art-making practices and methodologies intentionally validate the truth, glory, and authenticity of our histories, culture, and bodies. This summer dance intensive invites pre-professional and professional dance artists (intermediate–advanced, 18+) to uproot tools of physical investigation within an embodied laboratory, where technique, purposeful storytelling, and collective power meet.

Each day will begin with a physical practice and dance class to prepare the body for rigorous movement investigation and creative process. This week-long intensive includes:

Somatic Awareness
Integrative Strength Training
Learning UBW award-winning legacy repertory, such as Batty Moves
Movement exploration and practices rooted in UBW’s creative process methodologies, and the technique of using breath, weight, embodied call and response, and polyrhythm

DAILY SCHEDULE:

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Physical Practice & Dance Class (open to public)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | Nutritional Break (Lunch not provided by UBW)
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM | SESSION 1: Process, Research, Dialogue & Repertory
3:45 PM - 6:00 PM | SESSION 2: Process, Research, Dialogue & Repertory

If you are preparing to enter the next stage of your artistic brilliance or looking to reignite your movement practice, UBW’s Technique, Repertory, and Process: The Radical Act of Being offers tools that extend beyond the studio.