CIRCULATION DESK: On Migration | Mar Lures-Keller

CIRCULATION DESK was born out of the need to reimagine dance criticism. Many iconic artists have circulated through Salt Lake City. They leave to live in other places across the nation, but sometimes they also return. The goal is to have conversations across the nation that connect different geographical hubs for experimental dance. This programming is designed to get at the heart of the complex realities that have inspired and questioned artists across the nation.

On Migration

This season we are thinking about migration in its multiplicity of meaning in hopes to honor the complex way artists migrate today. 

• geographically, the mobility of an artist today and the need to travel to work in various places to make a living in dance. 

• thematically over time, how artists’ ideas migrate over a longer span of time.

• even in how artists migrate through different mediums and career paths and how that impacts the field and cultural landscapes.

Each event date will be an hour long, live, virtual conversation with Halie Bahr (editor of loveDANCEmore) and guest artist/s. We look forward to these personal conversations between artists made public. Please tune in to this pilot program of arts journalism.

Mar Lures-Keller (Brooklyn, New York)

Aug. 21, 2026 @ 10:00am MST

Tickets, suggested $15 with sliding scale/pay what you can options!

Online event is held via Zoom Webinars. Access link will be delivered via email the day before the event.

Edromar “Mar” Lures-Keller is a Filipino movement artist based in Brooklyn, New York. His work is driven by a curiosity about memory, identity, migration, and belonging, often emerging through collaborative processes that center care and human connection. Drawing from his experiences as a queer immigrant, Mar creates movement-based experiences that invite audiences and participants into shared acts of reflection, presence, and community.

Alongside his artistic practice, Mar works as an arts administrator and advocate, supporting artists and cultural organizations across the nonprofit sector. He views performance, teaching, and community-building as interconnected practices, each offering opportunities to deepen relationships, foster understanding, and imagine more connected ways of being together.

Photos by @cionmatography