MEGAN LOWE DANCES

A performance journey of duets that celebrate life and honor memories of lost loved ones.

The hosts of KQED’s series MIXED! bring that celebration of the wide-ranging experiences of mixed Californians to the stage for a fusion of live conversation and documentary with W. Kamau Bell and Melissa Hudson Bell, live multimedia storytelling by Cheyenne Bearfoot, food by Chef Nelson German of Sobre Mesa, a performance from Megan Lowe Dances, and more.

A dynamic dance theater work that explores mixed-race Asian American experiences.

An offering for "Que Vivan los Muertos" is a community art festival. Join us for a celebration of music, dance, and poetry to commemorate our ancestors.

A dynamic duet commissioned for "Eve, and Opera" at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre.

A site-specific dance by by Megan Lowe Dances, created for a beloved community center that has served SF Chinatown for nearly hundred years, and presented as part of the 19th Annual San Francisco Trolley Dances.

Megan Lowe Dances presents No Way You Can Encompass All the Things You Might, a process to performance experience at de Young Museum, inspired by the Hung Liu: Golden Gate (金門) exhibition.

Megan Lowe Dances presents "Piece of Peace (Part One)", a dance theater work that explores mixed-race Asian American Pacific Islander experiences, with an artistic team composed of folks who identify in this way. Through thoughtful text, soulful song, and dynamic dancing, we will gather pieces of fractured selves in support of wholeness and connection.

Megan Lowe Dances presents "Em)broidery/body", as the first ever live dance performance in the Court of Honor at the Legion of Honor Museum for the opening day of Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy.

A live dance performance directed by Megan Lowe in collaboration with Brenton Cheng, that utilizes dynamic partnering to challenge traditional ideas of male/female duets, and physical puzzles to deconstruct tropes often associated with Chinese heritage.

A site-specific dance adventure that takes place in SF’s Chinatown, in solidarity with the API community.

A pre-quarantine site-specific dance film adventure of an old abandoned zoo, revisited while sheltering in place. Join a dancer on a journey of juxtaposition—grace, flow, strength, and sensitivity through metal cages, crumbling stones, cracked concrete, and gritty dirt.

"Dancing with you, is like taking an advanced course in physics," Brenton Cheng said to Megan Lowe after an extensive and exciting dance at a contact jam, years ago. This lead to more exhilarating dances, and now their first performance collaboration. In Finger Trap, Megan and Brenton dive deep into physical puzzles while treading on the surface of shared ancestry.

"Action Potential" is a site-specific dynamic dance and live music adventure by Megan Lowe Dances, created for Emeryville's Athletic Playground. Megan, Sonsherée Giles, and Shira Yaziv, join together for six energetic, athletic, and virtuosic performances, with music by Girl Swallows Nightingale.

An apparatus duet on metal sculptures, created by Megan in collaboration with Shira Yaziv for Alameda’s Animate Dance Festival, with live music by Marica Petrey from Girl Swallows Nightingale.

A site-specific group piece commissioned by UC Berkeley’s Energy Biosciences Institute, choreographed by Megan in collaboration with Sonsherée Giles, Rosemary Hannon, Miriam Wolodarski-Lundberg, Shira Yaziv, and Mindy Zarem, with live music by Girl Swallows Nightingale. Also featuring Megan’s song "Leaving."

A site-specific solo for film, created by Lowe in collaboration with videographer Chris Hosch, with music by TYPESTEREO.

A site-specific duet exploration created by Lowe in collaboration with Shira Yaziv for the Red Poppy Art House, with live music by WaterSaw.

A site-specific solo created, composed, and edited by Megan during a residency at The Finnish Hall, both performed live and for film, featuring Megan’s song "Waiting." The film was officially selected by the 12th Annual Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema and by the 4th Annual Tiny Dance Film Festival.

A musical collaboration between Megan Lowe and Michael Golden, featuring original song "Just a Pawn." Presented in Dance Brigade's WAR CRY TEARS.

A site-specific duet for film, choreographed and edited by Megan, in collaboration with Keturah Baker and Danny Nguyen.

A vertical dance solo choreographed and performed by Megan and presented at Bandaloop Studio.

A dance choreographed and performed by Megan in collaboration with Daniel Larlham, featuring live music by Larlham and Michael Golden, and video edited by Lowe, produced by Footloose Productions at The Garage.