MJM Dance
Choreography by Megan J. Minturn
MJM Dance, infusing movement with intention and creativity, uses dance’s power to express, speak, and reveal. Through dancing, joy, and critical hope the company imagines a new paradigm, a better way of being with ourselves and one another. MJM Dance is a New York based dance company led by dancer and choreographer Megan J. Minturn. MJM Dance has performed at the 92nd St. Y, New York's Dance New Amsterdam, the Amalgamate Artist Series, Dixon Place, NYU's Frederick Loewe Theatre, the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Dumbo Dance Festival, CoolNY, Grounds for Sculpture, and Women in Dance at Alvin Ailey’s Joan Weill Center for Dance. MJM Dance hosted the Sunset Park Day of Dance generously funded by the Brooklyn Arts Council and recently produced its first evening length, sold out production of Monopoly: The Landlord's Game. The company looks forward to continued creative opportunities and experiences.
Background Photo by: Yi-Chun Wu
No Quiero
"Megan J Minturn has fun with No Quiero, an indictment of corporate fast-food and its general indifference to its employees"
-Quinn Batson, OffOffOff.com
The above video shows the piece "No Quiero" which offers a blend of dance, theatre, and political expression. The piece explores the importance of organized movements in making institutional changes, specifically through examining the Taco Bell Boycott. The movement provides an entry point into the experiences of the consumer, the workers, the CEO and stockholders, and questions what is required to make change. Metaphor through movement allows audience members to interpret and therefore participate in creating conclusions.
Shirtwaist Six
Performances
Miami University of Ohio: MJM Dance collaborates with Miami University Symphony Orchestra directed by Ricardo Averbach. October, 2015.
NYSDEA Fundraiser, Hamptons, NY: MJM Dance presents "Bursts of Leaves" a reflection on the temporality of summer. August 15th, 2015
University Settlement: Friday, May 29th and Saturday, May 30th 2015. As a part of a "Thread that Ties Us All." Five female choreographers present work.
92nd St. Y: Saturday and Sunday, March 28th and 29th MJM Dance performs "iNocuous."
BAAD: Friday, March 13th, 2015 MJM Dance performs "iNocuous" as part of the BAAD! ### Women's Festival.
Dixon Place: Wednesday, June 25th, 2014. MJM Dance performs "Reflections" as part of NYC10.
161A Chrystie Street (ground floor), New York, NY 10002-2885
Rosas Improv: December 2013. New York University's Internet 2 collaboration. Inspired by Rosas Danst Rosas.
Sunset Park Day of Dance: Saturday, July 27th, 2013. Sponsored in part by the Brooklyn Arts Council.
Dixon Place: Wednesday, April 24th, 2013 as part of NYC10
161A Chrystie Street (ground floor), New York, NY 10002-2885
BAAD! March 23rd 2013, "Shirtwaist Six"
CoolNY February 2013, Premiere of a new work, "Reflections"
Alvin Ailey December 13th, 2012 as a part of Women in Dance
Grounds for Sculpture October 7th, 2012 with the Outlet Dance Project. Premiere of a New Work!
Dumbo Dance Festival September, 2012
Dance New Amsterdam Saturday, June 2nd as part of The Choreographic Investigation Course
Click here to see a clip our our work-in-progress "Shirtwaist Six"
Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance: Saturday, March 24th as part of Evocative Expressions: BAAD!### Women 2012 Dance Concert
Tickets: $20
Buy here: http://www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org/index.htm
Dixon Place: Wednesday, February 22nd as part of NYC10
161A Chrystie Street (ground floor), New York, NY 10002-2885
Tickets: $10 for the first 50 early birds and $15 thereafter and at the door.
Buy here: www.dixonplace.org
Penn State University: March 2nd-5th as a part of American College Dance Festival
NYU 2011 Masters' Concert: Friday, November 18th- Sunday, Novemebr 20th, 2011 at the Frederick Loewe Theatre
Amalgamate Artist Series: Saturday, November 5th, 2011 at Bridge for Dance
Photos from Reflections
CoolNY2013
Copyright: Yi-Chun Wu
Photos from Women in Dance 2012 at Ailey Citigroup Theatre
Copyright: Michael Krasowitz Photography
Photos from The Outlet Project at Grounds for Sculpture
Copyright: Matthew Wright
