We’re excited to share an in-depth conversation with Maria Bauman and the folks at The Staten Islander about her powerful new work, These are the bodies that have not borne. In this interview, Maria talks about the themes driving the piece—stories of people who have not borne children, by choice or by circumstance. She invites […]

We’re 10 Days Away!! These are the bodies that have not borne. premieres on August 23rd and 24th at 6pm at the 2025 Snug Harbor Dance Festival on Staten Island.  At its core, this work is both a collective and individual somatic processing of unrequited desires and inherent worth in our bodies and livelihoods. Performance-ritual-activators will submerge themselves in […]

The These are the bodies that have not borne. a whisper. a seed. an archive. zine centers the experiences of those of us who have not birthed a child through our bodies. Based on a vision for collective ritual, this zine comes to life through archives of our performance-ritual, through recipes, collages, essays, poems and more from […]

We’re honored to announce that MBDance has received a $10,000 grant from RESIST, a foundation that has been redistributing resources to radical, visionary grassroots movements for over 50 years. Since its founding, RESIST has supported organizers, artists, and communities who are fighting against capitalism, white supremacy, and colonialism by working to build the world we deserve. To date, Resist has […]