Courageous Dance. Rooted in Care.
2024
PERFORMANCES
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Photos by [from top-bottom, to left-right]: a) Brooke Anderson of Megan Lowe & Roel Seeber in COLLIDING TOPOGRAPHIES at BANDALOOP Studios, b) Steve Disenhof of University of San Francisco's Performing Arts & Social Justice Program in A Place To Return To at Presentation Theatre, c) Vita Hewitt of AJ Gardner, Sonsherée Giles, Josh Icban, Megan Lowe, Frances Teves Sedayao, Roel Seeber, & Shira Yaziv in Just a Shadow at Joe Goode Annex, d) Jorge Luis Garcia of Megan Lowe & Sonsherée Giles in Flourish at Flora & Ferment, e) Participants of Flying High & Low(e) Workshop at at Irish Aerial Creation Centre, f) Austin Forbord of Megan Lowe & Roel Seeber in From the Clouds to the Earth at Fort Mason as part of SF Aerial Arts Festival, g) Megan Lowe, Lawrence Tome, & Johnny Huy Nguyen after Celestial as part of Oakland Chinatown's Lantern Festival, h) Shira Yaziv & Megan Lowe in Us for Athletic Playground's 16th Anniversary Show
Photo by: Vita Hewitt of Megan Lowe and Roel Seeber
Megan Lowe and Roel Seeber
COLLIDING TOPOGRAPHIES
As part of EMERGENCE: Vertical Dance Arising from the BANDALOOP Ecosystem
December 14th, 2024
Saturday at 8pm
BANDALOOP Studios
1601 18th St, Oakland, CA 94607
Join us for an evening of vertical dance featuring established and emerging Bay Area artists. Stemming from the estuary of artistic research come six dynamic, tender, and evocative works in progress. EMERGENCE features work and performances from Faith Elder, Rose Huey, Suzanne Gallo, Megan Lowe, Rachel Maxwell, Annalise Ritter, Olivia Sander, and Roel Seeber.
Photo by: Jorge Luis Garcia of Megan Lowe and Sonsherée Giles
Megan Lowe & Sonsherée Giles
Flourish
December 12th-13th, 2024
Thursday and Friday at 7pm
Flora and Ferment
1122 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706
After some sweet shows in February, we are bringing back Flourish.
To "flourish" is to grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment. In this site-specific dance performance, Sonsherée and Megan will joyfully activate the benches, tables, walls, stairs, and lofts of this beloved East Bay place of gathering. Come drink some delicious cider, and enjoy invigorating dance!
Note: Must be 21 years of age or older to enter the space as required by the venue
Photos provided by: Becca Dean, Austin Forbord of Megan Lowe and Roel Seeber; Melecio Estrella
Megan Lowe and Roel Seeber
COLLIDING TOPOGRAPHIES
As part of SWAY: Vertical Performance Incubation
Presented by BANDALOOP
November 23rd, 2024
Saturday at 5pm
BANDALOOP Studios
1601 18th St, Oakland, CA 94607
SWAY is a vertical art crawl through BANDALOOP Studios, exploring themes of climate, queerness, and connection. Part of BANDALOOP’s Vertical Performance Incubator, SWAY brings together 50 years of collective experience in vertical dance, presenting works-in-progress by Becca Dean, Melecio Estrella, Megan Lowe, and Roel Seeber.
Becca Dean presents TRANSMARSH: a sculptural meditation on trans resilience amid ecological collapse. Featuring sound design by Lawrence Tome and costume design by House of Perception.
In Melecio Estrella’s DISPOSED, we are thinking of landfills in the body and in relationships, the body as a site of emotional accumulation and deferred waste disposal. Plastics as a geological layer that will be found millennia from now.
COLLIDING TOPOGRAPHIES, by Roel Seeber and Megan Lowe, is a playful, dynamic work referencing human relationships, the impact they have on us, and the way we navigate them.
Photo by: Brooke Anderson of Megan Lowe for Dance Brigade
Dance Brigade
Voluspa
As part D.I.R.T. Festival
October 24th-25th, 2024
Friday and Saturday at 8pm
November 4th-5th, 2024
Monday and Tuesday at 8pm
Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
Megan will be singing for Dance Brigade in The 2024 D.I.R.T. Festival – or Dance In Revolt(ing) Times. This festival gathers a cross-section of the Bay Area arts community to set an intention of peace and justice for the upcoming election. It is a gathering of diverse and multi-generational artists using the mediums of dance, theater, and music to light a spark for a healthy future for all. The 13 day activation includes outdoor and indoor performances, with multiple offerings at the 24th Street BART Station, Osage Alley, and inside Dance Mission Theater. Join us as we set a spell for tomorrow.
Photo by: Winter Ramos of Megan Lowe for Flyaway Productions
Flyaway Productions
Ode to Jane
October 4-12, 2024
Friday, Oct. 4 at 7:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm
Thursday, Oct. 10 at 7:30pm
Friday, Oct. 11 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm
Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7:30pm and 8:30pm
The Cadillac Hotel (above the Tenderloin Museum)
398 Eddy Street, San Francisco
In the pre-Roe v. Wade era, activists in Chicago, calling themselves ‘Jane,’ built an underground network for women with unwanted pregnancies and provided illegal abortions to an estimated 11,000 women. Flyaway Productions’ new site work, ODE TO JANE, appreciates this history of resistance and brings a contemporary lens to what resistance looks like in the San Francisco Bay Area’s Tenderloin, right now. We will incorporate oral histories, suspended rocking chairs, and aerial dance on fire escapes and walls. We will evoke an expanded idea of what resistance is amidst racial reckoning, the addiction crisis, the city’s housing catastrophe, threats to women’s bodies, and the complex intersection of these realities.
Dance Performance by: Laura Elaine Ellis, Sonsherée Giles, MaryStarr Hope, Jhia Jackson, Megan Lowe, Ai Yin Adelski, and Saharla Vetsch
This is a Free Event open to all; no tickets or reservations required.
Photo by: Philip Pavliger of Roel Seeber and Megan Lowe
Megan Lowe and Roel Seeber
From the Clouds to the Earth
As part of the San Francisco Aerial Arts Festival
August 17th-18th, 2024
Saturday and Sunday, 3:00pm-4:15pm
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture
Gateway Pavilion - Pier 2
2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123
A site-specific vertical dance created by Roel Seeber and Megan Lowe–that explores the life cycle of the intensely complex creatures that we are. From wide-eyed simplicity to the sometimes overwhelming complexity of life, we seek to bridge the extremes of our bewilderingly enigmatic humanity by way of a creative journey through the beautiful architecture of the historic Gateway pavilion.
Photo by: Vita Hewitt of Megan Lowe and Shira Yaziv
Megan Lowe Dances
Us
at miniWCCI
August 9th, 2024
Friday, 8:00pm
The Finnish Hall
1970 Chestnut St, Berkeley, CA 94702
A duet excerpt from Just a Shadow, with Megan Lowe and Shira Yaziv, shared at miniWCCI performance night.
A Note from Shira: When we started our rehearsals, we had plenty of wild ideas we wanted to explore. As we continued, we found that what truly fascinates us is sharing the unfiltered, spontaneous moments of the present. This is who we are, right here, right now. Using masks enhances our listening and deepens our trust, encouraging risk-taking without knowing the outcome. Despite what we have lost or may lose in the future, how do we continue to move? We are finding joy in "failing," and we are embracing giggles as a potent medicine.
Photo by: RJ Muna of AJ Gardner and Megan Lowe
Megan Lowe Dances
Just a Shadow
May 31st - June 9th, 2024
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7:30pm
The Joe Goode Annex
401 Alabama Street San Francisco, CA 94110
Just a Shadow, by Megan Lowe Dances, is a performance journey in service to artists who have lost loved ones prematurely. With a title inspired by a poem Artistic Director Megan Lowe’s mother wrote shortly before she died, the project stems from Megan’s desire to process the loss of her mother and sister through art, and co-create a space of mutual support with collaborators who are also dealing with recent loss. Just a Shadow brings together 7 powerful artists—AJ Gardner, Sonsherée Giles, Josh Icban, Megan Lowe, Frances Teves Sedayao, Roel Seeber, and Shira Yaziv—to make 6 distinct duets that highlight the unique strengths and creative modalities of each collaborator, including contemporary dance, site-specific dance, vertical dance, turf dance, contact improvisation, and live music.
This project aspires to nourish the soul, support healing, acknowledge resilience, celebrate life, and honor the memories of loved ones. It welcomes diverse perspectives, cultures, and backgrounds, recognizing that the narratives surrounding death and processing grief are multifaceted and deeply personal. Through dance performance, MLD aims to provide a platform for catharsis, empathy, and collective understanding, fostering connections that transcend individual stories and unite us in a shared journey toward solace and healing.
Photo by: Steve Disenhof of USF Dance
Megan Lowe Dances
A Place to Return to
As part of PASJ Presents: USF DANCE ENSEMBLE Returns to Presentation Theater! SPRING 2024
April 26-27, 2024
Friday and Saturday at 8:00pm
USF Presentation Theater
2350 Turk Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118
The Performing Arts and Social Justice Program presents the Dance Ensemble’s Spring Concert, featuring original works by choreographers’ Amber Julian, Megan Lowe, Eli Nelson, Jennifer Polyocan and guest artist Evie Ladin of MoToR/Dance!
The University of San Francisco’s Dance Program provides rigorous, multi-faceted courses in performance, choreography, and teaching, offering unique tools for combining students’ passion for dance with making a positive impact in the community.
Photo by: Henrik Kam of Megan Lowe and Johnny Huy Nguyen
Megan Lowe & Johnny Huy Nguyen
Celestial
February 25th, 2024
Sunday at 7pm
Pacific Renaissance Plaza
388 9th St, Oakland, CA
In Celestial, Johnny and Megan send their energies into to the sky and call in inspiration from the cosmos. This site-specific dance performance is a part of Oakland Chinatown's Lantern Festival, co-hosted by AAPI Healers for Liberation, Oakland Bloom, and Sticky Rice Club. On Sat. 2/24 and Sun. 25, 3pm-8pm, experience performances, arts, crafts, and a night market, celebrating the Year of the Dragon.
Photos provided by: Irish Culture Bay Area
Irish Culture Bay Area
The Look of the Irish: Celebrating Diversity in Irish Arts
Co-Presented with Presidio Theatre
March 22nd, 2024
Friday, 7:30pm
Presidio Theatre
99 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA
An evening of art, dance, music, and conversation exploring the work – and experiences – of Black and mixed-race artists and performers from Ireland and the Bay Area. The show celebrates racially diverse Irish artists and writers, including: Leon Diop, co-author of “Black & Irish: Legends, Trailblazers and Everyday Heroes” (Dublin, Ireland); Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi, poet (Galway, Ireland); Maïa Nunes, performance artist (Dublin); Dr. Phil Mullen, Professor Black Studies, TCD; Megan Lowe, Chinese Irish dancer/choreographer (Bay Area), and Manas Itene drummer vocalist (Isoko tribe, Nigeria).
Photo by: Jorge Luis Garcia of Megan Lowe and Sonsherée Giles
Megan Lowe & Sonsherée Giles
Flourish
February 22nd-23rd, 2024
Thursday and Friday at 7pm
Flora and Ferment
1122 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706
To "flourish" is to grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment. In this site-specific dance performance, Sonsherée and Megan will joyfully activate the benches, tables, walls, stairs, and lofts of this beloved East Bay place of gathering. Come drink some delicious cider, and enjoy invigorating dance!
Note: Must be 21 years of age or older to enter the space as required by the venue
Photo by: Bruce Ghent of Bianca Mendoza, Fredrika Keefer, Frances Teves Sedayao, Sierra TiaTia, and Megan Lowe for Dance Brigade's Match Girrl
Dance Brigade
Match Girrl
January 19th-28th, 2024
Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays at 3:00pm
Dance Mission Theater
3316 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110
A fractured fairytale about class struggle. Join Dance Brigade for this deep, heartening, and yes, even humorous reimagining of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale classic, The Little Match Girl. Set in a contemporary urban setting, director Krissy Keefer uses dance, theater, and original writings to explore the “doom loop” of our beloved San Francisco.
Megan will be singing in this performance, with dancers Sarah Bush, KJ Dahlaw, Dominique Hargrove, Fredrika Keefer, Bianca Mendoza, Frances Teves Sedayao, Sierra TiaTia, Deb'e Taylor, and Kimberly Valmore.
