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Hearst Artist in Residence at Hunter College

Start date: October 1, 2025
End date: April 30, 2026
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"I have loved teaching the Art of Improvisation at Hunter College as the Hearst Artist in Residence." -Maria Bauman This year, Maria has had the honor of being the Hearst Artist in Residence at Hunter College. We are deeply grateful to be in community with the wonderful folks at the Hunter dance department! Read more […]

“Tremors” premiere at the Purchase Performing Arts Center PepsiCo Theater in Purchase, NY

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This fall, Maria was commissioned to make a piece for Purchase Dance Company. The new work, Tremors, asks: How do we make art and how are our lives the art in times like these? Initially imagined as something purely beautiful, the piece was shaped instead by the unavoidable interruptions, both personal and global, that fracture our lives on a daily basis. Set […]

Open Contemporary Classes with MiXt Co.

Start date: February 1, 2025
End date: March 1, 2025
All-day event
This season, Maria has had the opportunity to lead open contemporary classes with MiXt Company in Greenwich, CT. That crew is full of vibrant artists from various walks of life. We are so grateful for their continued partnership and community offerings! MiXt Co. is an open class & seasonal performance project with outstanding contemporary guest artists including Nathan Trice, […]

Dancing with Mrs. Ross at BAAD! 

Date: March 22, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm
Performances
On Saturday, March 22nd, MBDance artistic director Maria Bauman is performing in Dancing with Mrs. Ross as part of the 2025 BAAD!Ass Women Festival. The piece honors BAAD!'s dear friend and community legend, Mrs. Ross. Maria is honored to dance with amazing artists for this special new ancestor, with music that Mrs. Ross chose.  From our family at BAAD, […]

MBDance in Kinstillatory Mappings at Abrons Art Center

Date: May 22, 2025
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location: Abrons Art Center, 466 Grand St New York, NY 10002
Free RSVP Here!
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Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter is hosted, held and curated by choreographer, writer and organizer Emily Johnson and by writer Kai Recollet. Communities are invited to gather as artists articulate our collective futures, our otherwise possibilities. The fire itself is a process, a way to bring us out of the catastrophe of now.  Maria Bauman […]

These are the bodies that have not borne. Save the Date!

Start date: August 23, 2025
End date: August 24, 2025
All-day event
Latest News | Performances
We are thrilled to announce that the premiere of These are the bodies that have not borne. will be the weekend of August 23-24, 2025 at Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, in Staten Island, NY. These are the bodies... is a performance ritual centering the womb journeys of Black and Brown folks who are contending with not yet […]

Partner Stretch & Tension Release Workshop

Date: February 2, 2025
Time: 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy 1561 Bedford Ave, FL 2, Brooklyn NY 
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Classes & Workshops
MBDance artistic director, Maria Bauman, will lead participants through a partnered passive stretch and relaxation practice. This workshop is a wonderful way to reset, recharge, and release tension through the winter months. You do not need to register with a partner; we will pair off at the workshop. Of course, people who do register together […]

Artists of Color Council Writing Rehearsal w/ Maria Bauman

Date: January 27, 2025
Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Zoom
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Classes & Workshops
The Writing Rehearsal is where we deconstruct and demystify how to write quality applications and present your best artistic self in words. The Artists of Color Council invites the community to the first "rehearsal" of the year led by Bessie Award-winning multi-disciplinary artist and community organizer Maria Bauman which will focus on Artist Statements and Bios. Receive […]

Mixt Co. Contemporary Open Class at The Loft w/ Maria Bauman

Date: January 13, 2025
Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: The Loft at Christ Church | 254 East Putnam Ave, Greenwich CT
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Classes & Workshops | Latest News
Join MBDance for an open class in Greenwich, CT! Based on modern, post-modern, and social dance techniques, this class prepares dancers to share themselves with clarity and with control as well as with vulnerability and artistry. Bauman focuses on broadening dancers’ physical resources while remaining true to their current range and strengths–contemporary dance emphasizing powerful, […]

MBDance at Waterfront Wednesdays and Athens Cultural Center 

Start date: July 17, 2024
End date: July 18, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Henry Hudson Waterfront Park
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Classes & Workshops | Panels & Discussions
Our Summer is full we'll be part of Waterfront Wednesdays at Henry Hudson Waterfront Park in the beautiful Hudson, NY! We are looking forward to offering 2 workshops and performing 1 excerpt from our latest ritual artwork, These are the bodies that have not borne.  DANCING WITH EARTH is an outdoor dance workshop for the whole family; open […]