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Marfa Live Arts

presents

Ensemble Thinking Contact Improvisation ReWire Dancing States

@

Dance Ranch Marfa

​August 3-7, 2026

 

This performance lab is a rigorous investigation of the relationship between the self and the group in an art-making context. The workshop is intended to provide dedicated spaces for collective/individual learning and exploration. We use this time in Marfa to work, investigate, and collectively widen compositional, sensorial, and performance skills. Using Ensemble Thinking, ReWire Movement States, and Contact Improvisation as points of departure, we will investigate the intra-relationships of the solo body, the weighted body and the ensemble. The days consist of two blocks of time in the studio. The performance lab will end with a performance that is open to the public.

 

Location: Marfa TX

USO Building, 302 S Highland Ave, Marfa, TX 79843, United States

 

Cost: $475 Pre-Registration Required 

Participant numbers are limited

Early Bird price: $400 by June 1, 2026

For local Tricounty participants: contact ninamartinperformance@gmail.com for discount information

 

Refund Policy: if you ask for a refund before July 18, we keep 50$ handling feebetween July 18-July 25, we keep half of the fee. After July 25, no refund, but you can find someone to take your place

 

Payment, whichever method works for you: 

Please include note on all payments: "Lower Left"

Venmo: Marfa Live Arts @MarfaLiveArts  

Paypal via Marfa Live Arts 

Check/Money Order to "Marfa Live Arts" PO Box 1365 Marfa TX 79843

 

Schedule (subject to change):

Morning sessions:10-12:30pm

Lunch: 12:30 - 2:00

Afternoon sessions: 2:00-5pm

Free pilates mat class mornings: 9-9:50, open to the public

Performance August 5 - 6 pm, open to the public

Performance August 7 - 6 pm open to public