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Megan Lowe Dances

A fiscally sponsored project of Dancers' Group.

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Mission Statement

Megan Lowe Dances (MLD) was founded in 2013 under the Artistic Direction of Megan Lowe, a multiracial choreographer of Chinese and Irish descent. MLD explores complex identities and experiences with dynamic place-making, playful partner-work, and generative rigor, paying particular attention to stories from AAPI, BIPOC, and mixed-race communities. MLD makes innovative performances for unique indoor and outdoor architectural spaces, shifting perspectives on dance and the environment by testing the laws of physics. MLD also teaches invigorating dance workshops that empower movers to try new things, embrace strengths, grow skill-sets, and build community.




(Photo by: RJ Muna of Malia Hatico-Byrne, Clarissa Rivera Dyas, Melissa Lewis Wong, and Megan Lowe for Megan Lowe Dances' Gathering Pieces of Peace - 2023)




Core Programs and Services
Through thoughtfully crafted dance-theater productions, free site-specific performances, donation-based workshops, and community outreach programs, Megan Lowe Dances empowers individuals to explore their own creativity and express their unique cultural experiences. As an organization founded by a mixed, Asian-American dancer, MLD works in solidarity with AAPI and BIPOC communities. We’re in community with women and LGBTQIA+ creatives engaged in site-specific, contemporary, and aerial dance, as well as experimental somatic researchers practicing contact and other forms of dance improvisation. Megan contributes as a dance leader of color in a white-majority field, helping develop new collective processes and horizontally-led social systems. MLD hosts public rehearsals, gatherings, story-sharing sessions, and communal meals to strengthen local relationships. MLD has presented choreographic works at Fort Mason, ODC, de Young Museum, Legion of Honor Museum, and Joe Goode Annex, as well as in SF Aerial Arts Festival, United States of Asian America Festival, SF Trolley Dances, CAAMFest, and KQED Live.

Megan Lowe Dances is deeply rooted in the Bay Area dance community, partially due to its advocacy. Megan is an active member of equity-focused groups, leads local educational initiatives, and regularly participates in anti-racism trainings/panels. For MLD, addressing racial disparities and social inequities is a key tenet of an embodied practice. Our creative process thrives off collaboration, prioritizing relationships of respect, generosity, and gratitude. This culture of magnanimity is harnessed in the dance classes and workshops MLD teaches for organizations, schools, universities, and dance festivals, building community and connection with movers of all backgrounds and levels.




(Photo by: Amani Wade of Megan Lowe, Brenton Cheng, and Shira Yaziv for Megan Lowe Dances' Community Hub: Enduring Vitality as part of SF Trolley Dances - 2022)




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