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Our Vibes @ a2ru Conference 2025

10/20/25

Our Vibes: A Vibrotactile Screendance Installation will premiere at the a2ru Conference 2025: "Creative futures: Driving interdisciplinary Innovation Through the Arts". The work will be shown at the Wisconsin Union Play Circle Theatre on October 23rd, 2025 from 11am - 2:15pm. Conference attendees will be able to sign up for slots to view the work. To sign up to the conference click the URL below. You can also click READ MORE below to visit the article written by The Cap Times about the work.

Hello to all friends, colleagues and collaborators of Motion Dance Collective.

It is with a heavy heart to inform you that MDC will be disbanding at the end of this month. As many of you know, our director Omari Carter is a year into his new role as Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is unfortunately unable to continue to run the company from the US. He is still continuing his research of dance-film, body percussion and hip hop dance practices within the US and internationally.

Production Manager, Assistant Director and Choreographer, Anna Clifford, continues to work as a Yoga instructor and sound healer in Bermuda, London and Portugal. And after marrying Omari in July 2023, is based between Bermuda and Wisconsin.

Cinematographer, James Williams is continuing his work and life in Porto, Portugal. Where he continues to further his expertise as freelance cinematographer and Steadicam operator.

As you can imagine, distance has played a big role in this decision. Yet it is allowing each of us to continue to work on our practice, research and art in new and exciting ways.

The company would like to thank everyone whom we have danced, filmed and screened with. We cannot thank you enough for your continued support as we head into this new chapter. Since 2011, Omari has been creating work under the umbrella of the Motion Dance Collective. From our original 7 members: Omari Carter, Anna Clifford, Joshua Chester, Shae Carroll, Eshe Asante, Elena Alekseeva and Zsolti Szabó. To the terrific trio that was Omari, Anna and James. We've created 57 screendances and screened work at over 100 festivals worldwide.

And we're not done yet! More work is being created, both separately and together, and we relish in our experiences in the past, revel in our present and look forward to the future.

Love and light everyone and here's to celebrating 14 years of Motion Dance Collective.

MDC Farewell!

7/20/25

The Motion Dance Collective comes to an end. It is with a heavy heart to inform you that MDC will be disbanding at the end of this month. As many of you know, our director Omari Carter is a year into his new role as Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is unfortunately unable to continue to run the company from the US. He is still continuing his research of dance-film, body percussion and hip hop dance practices within the US and internationally.

Omari's UW Hip Hop Class featured in School of Education Newsletter

7/10/25

Omari has been making waves with his course design for DANCE 115: Hip Hop Technique and Theory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Click below to check out the article featured in the School of Education Newsletter written by Jakob Miller.

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Omari runs Screendance Lab in Sweden with Ami Skånberg!

5/30/25

This May, Omari had the pleasure of facilitating a masterclass entitled 'Screendance Lab: Body meets Environment' in collaboration with screendancer Ami Skånberg and Kulturakademin. This workshop took place over 3 days in the town of Varberg, Sweden and concluded in participants creating their own short screendance pieces presented in Teater Halland.

AFON 11 / RIVER 11 Installation Screening LCDS

5/23/25

Omari's latest installation ‘AFON 11/RIVER 11’, developed at the AFON ‘Deep Listening Residency’ from 16th - 22nd July 2024, had its premiere at London Contemporary Dance School (LCDS) on 23rd May 2025. The artwork consisted of two screens side by side, one that played a 20-minute loop of wall of the raw footage captured during the site-responsive residency, the other playing an 8-minute loop of final edit of the work. The screening was held outside of the basement studios for a full day and featured LCDS student Jon Rodd alongside community members of the village of Abercych, Wales.

“Expert Simple” Exploring Hip Hop Roots and examining history by demystifying the process through production, sound, movement and sampling with Dom Mclennon, Chuck Sutton and Omari Carter took place at the Wisconsin Historical Society at this years Line Breaks Festival.

This talk consisted of a conversation with Dom Mclennon, Chuck Sutton, and Omari Carter and explored the roots of Hip Hop and examined it within a historical context. Through demonstrations of physical movements, live sampling and song deconstruction Dom, Chuck, and Omari facilitated a conversation about the history of the sounds and movements that create the current Hip Hop Landscape.

Footage to be released soon :)

Omari hosts talk at 18th Annual Line Breaks Festival 2025

3/18/25

Omari was recently invited to facilitate a talk with Dom Mclennon & Chuck Sutton entitled "Expert Simple", which explored Hip Hop roots and examined history by demystifying the process through production, sound, movement and sampling. This took place at the Wisconsin Historical Society at this years Line Breaks Hip Hop Theater Festival and explored the roots of Hip Hop and examined it within a historical context. Through demonstrations of physical movements, live sampling and song deconstruction Dom, Chuck, and Omari facilitated a conversation about the history of the sounds and movements that create the current Hip Hop Landscape. Footage to be released soon :)