BALLET FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCERS
CLASS DESCRIPTION: Megan specializes in teaching intermediate-advanced level ballet technique for contemporary and classical dancers. Her somatic approach encourages dancers to connect with their breath, pelvic floor and core support while performing complex sequences that emphasize musicality and spatial awareness. Starting with barre work, and continuing through center practice with adagio, pirouettes, petit and grand allegros, dancers will develop greater awareness of their dynamic alignment in order to maximize physical expression, and discover greater ease in movement. Megan encourages experimentation and risk-taking within a supportive community. Big, bold, luscious dancing, from the inside-out.

Megan Flynn (she/her) is the artistic director of the Philadelphia-based Megan Flynn Dance Company (MFDC) and an Assistant Professor of Dance at Muhlenberg College. She earned her MFA from UCIrvine, BFA from Tulane University, and Professional Diploma from Trinity-Laban in England. Her work has been presented at: ATLAS/ImPulsTanz: Vienna International Dance Festival (Austria); Trinity-Laban (England); Improvisation & Choreography Festival (Spain); Built on Stilts Dance Festival on Martha’s Vineyard (MA); The Dragon’s Egg (CT); Delaware Art Museum (DE); NACHMO at the Actors Fund Art Center, 30-30-30 at Dixon Place, Spoke the Hub, and ACDA at SUNY Brockport (NY); ACDA at University of Maryland (MD); Claire Trevor School of the Arts (CA); Muhlenberg College, Allegheny Avenue Arts Festival, Awbury Arboretum, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, West Park Arts Festival in Fairmount Park, Fringe at the Reading Terminal Market, FringeArts’ La Peg, Come Together Dance Festival, KYLD’s InHale, and Koresh Artist Showcase (PA). She is also a member of The NADINE Project, a choreographic collective under the direction of Janet Soares and Libby Nye. Megan previously danced with David Parker & The Bang Group, Eliza Miller Dance, and Kathy Westwater in NYC; and Nicole Pierce/EgoArt in Boston. www.flynndance.org