Megan Thompson
Megan Thompson MWDCCO Residency: Lenin at the Lenin Museum, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Megan Thompson (dancer) holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Dance and English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has studied dance at the Gus Giordano Dance Studio, the Lou Conte Dance Studio and spent a semester at the Laban Centre in London. While in Madison, Megan was a member of the nora.new.dance.company and the Li Chiao-Ping Dance Company for two years. Megan received her Pilates certification program at Excel Movement Studio and received her MFA in Dance, University of Maryland-College Park. Megan is Chair, Department of Dance, Old Dominion University in Virginia. Megan performed with MWDCCo in Moscow, and taught and performed during a residency with MWDCCo at the Isadora Dance Festival in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Megan and Jen Stone performed a beautiful duet, Embrace the Moment, for the Opening of LEGACY: 50 Years on the Edge, Maida Withers and the Dance Construction Company exhibition and immersive installation at the GW Corcoran Gallery of Art, September 2022. Megan and Jan were co-curators with Maida Withers for Embrace the Moment.