aMaSSiT

a MAKE iT, SHARE iT, SHOW iT (aMaSSiT): Choreography Lab

We live in a world of ever changing social ideology and mindfulness.

a MAKE iT/SHARE iT/SHOW iT (aMaSSiT) Lab is a Dance Complex program that continues to adapt to the changing needs of dance makers and other creatives. The Dance Complex has partnered with Monkeyhouse Co-Artistic Director karen Krolak over the last few years to bring ever-evolving content to aMaSSiT’s offerings.

The program is divided into two types of sessions:

Cohort Working Sessions: explore composition exercise, share works in progress with feedback, and develop a toolkit for future self-promotion.

Creative Process Workshops: look at interdisciplinary ideas that can inspire our projects.

At the end of the program, we will share our choreography through a dynamic works in progress showing in The Dance Complex’s Studio 1.

Please be aware of the following dates:

Thursday 11/20/25: Applications Open
Friday 12/19/25 at 11:59pm: Applications Close
Tuesday 12/23/25: Acceptance Notices Out
Friday 1/15/26: Artist Letters of Agreement Due

Sessions will take place on Mondays 2/2/26 – 5/11/26

Work in progress showings will take place on Saturday 5/2 and Sunday 5/3

Apply for the 2026 aMaSSiT Lab

Learn more about The DC Series as well as aMaSSiT through this informational video. DC staff members Peter, Joe, and Caitlin along with Monkeyhouse Co-Artistic Director karen Krolak give a verbal overview of these programatic series.

Within this program we ask:

How do we

realize ambitious dance projects?

How does our

administrative process contribute to the success of our work in terms of funding, promoting, and presenting our project in the larger field of dance?

How can we

benefit from the expansion of our thinking of our individual practice in context of the arc of years, decades of our making work, or the context of the communities in which we participate as humans and as makers?