Oct 25-25th: Megan will be performing as an extra in Mutual Dance Theatre’s presents: Blue13 Dance Company in Cincinnati, OH at the Arnoff Center for the Arts.

COUNTING DOWN THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK IN

'100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT'

BLUE13'S CINCINNATI PREMIERE

https://www.mutualdance.org/archive/2024-2025/blue13/

This is Blue 13 at the top of their game as the dancers handle all styles and transitions smoothly and without notice. The fusion has become so ingrained that there is no longer any reason to list the separate styles in their own right. This is simply Blue 13 doing what it does best and telling one hell of a story at the same time. — LA Dance Chronicle

For the first time ever, Mutual Dance Theatre brings guests Blue13 Dance Company (Artistic Director, Achinta S. McDaniel) from Los Angeles to Cincinnati. Blue13 is rhythmic, charged, and moody, like nothing you’ve ever seen before and drawing often from Indian art forms.

Blue13 will perform “100 Seconds to Midnight,” a new contemporary dance work by Achinta S. McDaniel. The three-part performance draws inspiration from the infamous Doomsday Clock. Made famous by J. Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, and other concerned scientists, the clock measures how close the planet is to global catastrophe, signified by midnight. McDaniel turns the metaphor inward to examine the notion of doom as it pertains to South Asian communities. Repeatedly erased, but resilient, these communities often grapple with cyclical trauma and the unrelenting anxiety of impending loss. Through a triptych of movements, “100 Seconds to Midnight” confronts misogyny, unpacks the generational effects of colonization, and scrutinizes the expectations placed upon women regarding duty, tradition, and assimilation.

Megan is thrilled to return to Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance/ EMIA 2024

to teach in Session #2 and create a new work!

Session #2 Matinee Performance 8/3

Session #2 Evening Performance 8/3

Cincinnati Fringe Festival 2024

Taghkanic, New York: On Friday April 26th, Saturday, April 27th at 8:00 pm, and Sunday April 28th at 3pm, Choreography on the Edge will present its 35th performance in an new area and a new venue. Since 1990, this innovative program has given professional choreographers and dancers a chance to experiment and push their boundaries, much to the benefit of Hudson Valley’s lovers of dance! This April the shows will be at the Hudson Valley Academy of Performing Arts (HVAPA) on Route 82 in Taghkanic, just off the Taconic State Parkway Exit 81.

This year we are celebrating our 35th year by reaching out to a new audience. The line up is comprised of choreographers and dancers spanning a wide range of styles and techniques; primarily modern dance, contemporary ballet and cultural motifs. A number of choreographers will be performing their work as solos, and others will work as duets and trios. Among this stellar group are: Neville Dance Theater from NYC bringing a new duet. Laura Teeter, Hannah Albin, Emily Gunter, Megan Flynn and Sara Senecal from Albany will be performing brand new works choreographed for this show. Fiona Scruggs’ Qualia Dance Collective and Olivia Idella Martin, both from the Berkshires, will appear as well as Debra Hughes, the Artistic Director of HVAPA and Laura Coe from Chatham. New to the show this year is Zoe Thomas from Beacon. Also, returning to the show after many years is Jennifer Yackel from Maryland. This show promises to be an excellent showcase for the best that the Hudson Valley has to offer.

WDC 24: Borders & Boundaries

February 28th-March 2nd - 7:30pm
March 2nd at 2:00PM
Yulman Theater

The Union College Dance Program presents Borders and Boundaries, a dance concert featuring 10 original works choreographed by students and faculty. Borders and Boundaries features 33 student performers, alongside original costume and lighting designs created in collaboration with the theater and dance department. Megan Flynn, Artistic Director

Press & Promo Video

MFDC creative residency at Union College in Schenectady, NY in December 2023. The company gathers to begin creating new work for 2024!

Megan Flynn’s newest work, Interwoven, premiered at the FallU Showcase held in the Henle Dance Studio Nov. 10-11, 2023. Interwoven, created in collaboration with students, was the culmination of the semester-long course, Staging Explorations in Dance Theatre: Borders & Boundaries at Union College where Flynn is the Director of Dance/Artist-in-Residence.

Megan Flynn and Laurie Zabele Cawley will accompany 13 students from the Union College Dance Program to perform at the International Collegiate Theatre Festival/ Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh Scotland from Aug 1-13, 2023. Union’s “Edinburgh Ensemble” will be performing a touring version of the Winter Dance Concert: At the Intersection, including two works choreographed by Megan Flynn, in collaboration with the dancers: The Handshake and Lost Thoughts within Tidal Waves.

https://www.union.edu/theater-dance/edinburgh-fringe-2023

Megan is premiering a new solo, “Slow Dance with Adulting”

Choreography on the Edge

July 21-23, 2023

The Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY.

It’s official! Longtime collaborators, Megan Flynn & Teresa VanDenend Sorge, have been selected to present their evening of dance, “Mothering & Mourning” in the @cincyfringe Primary Line-Up in June 2023!

The Lineup totals 31 productions (30 in-person and 1 online) and features new work from 15 local creators, 14 productions from across the country, and 2 international artists from Japan and Australia. With 16 world premieres, 15 regional premieres and 15 producing companies that have never-been-seen-before in Cincinnati, audiences are guaranteed to experience something extraordinary.

Gabriel's Corner: 1425 Sycamore St, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Friday, June 9 at 7pm
Sunday June 11 at 4:15 pm
Tuesday June 13 at 7:00 pm
Wednesday June 14 at 8:45pm
Thursday June 15 at 7:00 pm

As the Gustave L. Davis ‘59 & Sue Davis Director of Dance/Artist-in-Residence, Megan will premiere two new works for At the Intersection: Winter Dance Concert 2023:

The Handshake (2023) and Lost Thoughts within Tidal Waves (2023)

Dance Artists: Christy Stoeten (Toronto, Canada) , Ann Corrao (Philadelphia, PA) and Megan Flynn (Philadelphia, PA/Troy, NY) working together at The Dragon’s Egg in July 2022. MFDC’s artistic home-away-from-home!

Information about EMIA can be found here!

Megan is performing & teaching at the SpringUP Dance Festival on April 9-10th in Allentown, PA.

The Lehigh Valley Dance Exchange (LVDE), in partnership with Cedar Crest College, celebrates the tenth year anniversary of the Lehigh Valley’s first and only professional dance festival IN PERSON this spring after two years of virtual programming. The tenth annual SpringUP Dance Festival will take place April 9-10, 2022, uniting the dance community in the building of a stronger presence for dance and the arts within the Lehigh Valley.

Megan’s newest work, “Silhouettes of Solace” (2022) , will premiere at Muhlenberg College’s Empie Theater for the In Motion: Faculty & Guest Artist Concert: March 31-April 2, 2022

Choreography: Megan Flynn, in collaboration with the Dancers

Dancers: Arianna Cacioppo, Jane Carney, Anya Epstein, Kayla Faynor, Nicola Ferro,

Alyssa Kaplan, Samantha Lipson, Paige Majewski, Kate McCowan, Dani Medvedovski,

Maddi Miller, KG Rucker, Claire Spenard, Alex Whittington
Dance Dramaturgy: Allison Mintz

Costume Design: Rebecca Lustig Lighting Design: Leslie Lura-Smith AD: Heidi Cruz Austin and Karen Dearborn SM: Josh Ackerman

Megan Flynn was accepted to ATLAS, the 5 week choreographic scholarship program embedded within ImPulsTanz: Vienna International Dance Festival.