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