ABOUT MEGAN MAZARICK

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Megan Mazarick is a Philadelphia choreographer, performer, teacher, curator, and mom. She often works with imaginative physical scores to collage movement, theater, and text. Her choreography has been presented internationally (Singapore, Bulgaria, Egypt, Poland, Australia, Hungary, and Mexico) and throughout the USA. Her recent solo, old swan, won an Audience Award at the 2022 Gdansk Solo Dance Contest (Gdansk, Poland). She was also a resident artist for Gdansk Festival in 2024, creating a new solo under the mentorship of Polish choreographer Maciej Kuzminski. As an organizer she developed a free dance community class program for nEW Festival (a Philadelphia-based dance festival) for 4 years and was co-director of the festival from 2010-2012. In 2015, she co-produced By Chance Festival at Rawabet Theater in Cairo, Egypt. As a performer, she has worked with David Gordon, Susan Rethorst, Keith Thompson, Marianela Boan, Merian Soto, Anonymous Bodies, Black Box Dance Theater, and members of Lower Left. Megan has taught technique, improvisation, and composition classes at studios, festivals, and universities around the globe. She is an Assistant Professor at Rider University.

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This project is supported by a grant from the MAP Fund.