Under the artistic direction of Jinza Thayer, Movement Architecture (MA) is a dance company whose mission is to create, educate and heal through movement.

MA constructs immersive environments as a way to probe one’s internal world, presenting dance inside large abstract props and visual installations. The dancers and audience members navigate these altered metaphorical spaces in the same way that we, as individuals, navigate our own mental models. Through this artistic method, MA inspires awareness of and reflection on how we physically interpret and express being in the world.

MA has created and presented over 60 original works over a 30-year period, primarily in Minnesota. Thayer has twice been a semi-finalist for France’s Rencontres Choregraphiques Internationales; received two McKnight Artist Fellowships for Choreographers, and a 2010 SAGE Award, among others.

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