Richard Move, Ph.D.

"His present is fascinating, his future ... limitless." - The New York Times Richard Move, PhD, MFA, is a TED Global Oxford Fellow, Artistic Director of MoveOpolis! and Assistant Arts Professor in the Department of Dance at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Move's wide range of interdisciplinary commissions include productions for Mikhail Baryshnikov and the White Oak Dance Project, two works for the Martha Graham Dance Company, as well as creations for the European Capital of Culture/France, Guggenheim Museum/New York, Gardner Museum, Parrish Art Museum, Dame Shirley Bassey, New York City Ballet Principal, Heléne Alexopoulos and Astronaut - Artist, Dr. Sarah Jane Pell at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Move’s works as filmmaker include; Bardo - Jury Prize nominee at Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera Festival; BloodWork - The Ana Mendieta Story - National Board of Review Award at Directors Guild of America; GhostLight - Tribeca Film Festival premiere, and GIMP - The Documentary, which premiered at the Lincoln Center Dance on Camera Festival. Martha@..., Move’s critically acclaimed performances of 20th Century icon, Martha Graham, received two New York Dance and Performance Awards (“Bessies”) and tours globally. MoveOpolis! has been presented by New York Live Arts, Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, Sitelines/River to River Festival, Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival and on tour internationally. Move’s esteemed collaborators include designers Alba Clemente, Patricia Field and Isaac Mizrahi, visual artist Charles Atlas, author Hilton Als and Deborah Harry of Blondie. Move’s recent publications include chapters for the Oxford Handbook of Dance and Reenactment, Ally: Janine Antoni, Anna Halprin and Stephen Petronio, and Rhythm Field - The Dance of Molissa Fenley. In 2018, Move was appointed Artist in Residence at Pratt Institute and at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining the faculty at New York University, Move served as Assistant Professor of Dance at CUNY/Queens College and as Lecturer in Design and MFA Thesis Advisor at Yale University’s School of Drama. Move earned their PhD, MPhil, and MA in Performance Studies at New York University, after earning their MFA in Media Arts Production from CUNY/The City College of New York, and their BFA in Dance from Virginia Commonwealth University. Please visit www.move-itproductions.com