Welcome to Dark Adaptation
Dark Adaptation is a multi-media, STEAM inspired event that combines contemporary dance, music, visual art, and astronomy. The World Premier is on Sunday, April 23 at Alvernia University in Reading, PA.
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Welcome to the virtual home of JCWK Dance Lab!
For upcoming and past events, click on Upcoming Events
For information about research, click on Projects or Fieldnotes
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Happy Solstice!
Join Jessica in a gentle Sun Salutation Dance in honor of the solstice!
JCWK Dance Lab Virtual Performances
Check out our Upcoming Events Page for Virtual Performances as we social distance!

Connecting together, creating new stories
How are you holding up these days?
Here are a few resources to keep moving:
Dancing Alone Together – a website dedicated to providing links to virtual dance classes for all levels in all genres (Ballet to Bollywood, from Modern to Musical Theatre)
Dance for PD (Parkinson’s Disease) goes virtual! – Join the founders of Dance for PD for virtual classes!
Drexel Pilates – a hub for Pilates in Philadelphia now available where-ever you are!
Here’s to the folks who continue to pursue joy through virtual connections, wellness and new ways to create kinesthetic stories! Support each other!
Thank you for sharing HOME!
Thank you to everyone who shared HOMEbody with us in Philadelphia!
Here are the reviews:
“Impressionistic… powerful… visually appealing and wholehearted dancing” ~from The Broad Street Review by Melissa Strong
February 2020
HOMEbody travels to Philly on Feb. 22! Get tickets here. Read the press release here.
We’re also a part of the Reading Theater Project’s 5-Minute Fringe Festival. Click here for more info!

Reflections from 2019
Thanks, 2019, for the many opportunities and lessons you brought!
Click here to read more about our adventures.
Welcome, 2020!