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As the presidential election approaches, it's a particularly meaningful time to remember that we are celebrating the centennial of the 19th Amendment, when women earned the right to vote after a decades-long battle. Movement was more than a metaphor for the fight for women's suffrage—
Orpheus Reimagined at The Parthenon, Centennial Park, Nashville
September 2021 (rescheduled from March 2020)
ECHO and Friends of Metro Dance are excited partner with the artists Duncan Dance South and Portara Ensemble to present Orpheus Reimagined, an original program of new and reconstructed dance and music works created for the unique space of Nashville’s Parthenon.
Many Faces of Love at Hunter Museum in Chattanooga
February 20, 2020
Inspired by the season and by works in the Hunter collection, MTSU Assistant Professor of Dance and Duncan Dance South Director Meg Brooker will present a performance of Isadora Duncan’s "The Many Faces of Love" in the Hunter galleries. Afterwards, learn more about the Hunter’s collection and the work of Isadora Duncan during a discussion.
WGNS: Focus on MTSU Fall Dance Concert
November 18, 2019
WGNS Radio interview promoting the MTSU Dance Theatre Fall 2019 concert and efforts to raise awareness for the Murfreesboro Cold Patrol. Also featuring MTSU Dance program growth, upcoming auditions, and exciting prospects for future dance majors.
Dancing with Isadora
January 10, 2019
Experience our collection dancing to life with an in-gallery performance developed by MTSU Assistant Professor of Dance and Duncan Dance South Director Meg Brooker. This performance features Elizabeth Disharoon Wright, performing courtesy of Lori Belilove & the Isadora Duncan Dance Company, Valerie Durham, co-director of the Duncan Dance Project. $15 adults (includes museum admission).
Isadora Duncan: Art, Myth, & Movement
April 27-29, 2018
Isadora Duncan lived life as art, pioneering free expression through dance. Learn about her extraordinary legacy through a weekend of performances, workshops and lectures presented by the Metro Parks Dance Division and MTSU dance professor Meg Brooker and the Duncan Dance Project in partnership with the Parthenon, Centennial Art Center, New Dialect, Kidsville, Centennial Youth Ballet, and Barfield Dance Academy.
April 2018
Thanks to the early 20th century revolutionary expression and stylistic innovations by Isadora Duncan, “The Mother of Modern Dance,” any location can be envisioned as the perfect backdrop to a dance performance. For dancers, the sight of the Nashville Parthenon has long evoked images of Duncan performing at the beloved ancient temple.
ODC Hotspot: Isadora Duncan Dance Technique, San Francisco, CA
August 2017
In preparation for the third biennial Isadora Duncan International Symposium Resurgence: Bridging Time and Techniques, August 10-12, 2017 at the ODC Dance Theatre, the IDIS Steering Committee will offer community open classes in Duncan technique.
Duncan Dance Project at Calvert 22 Gallery, London
June 2017
Performances of Meg Brooker's Birches and original Duncan repertory by DDP dancer Julia Pond for the Sixth Sense of the Avant-Garde book lauch. Workshop entitled "Isadora Duncan's Revolutionary Dances" co-facilitated by Meg Brooker and Julia Pond.
New Dialect: Morning Classes, Nashville, TN
February 2017
Join us for a weeklong workshop in the technique and repertoire of legendary dance innovator, Isadora Duncan. This rare opportunity to study the expressive movement vocabulary of Duncan, will focus on the distinct elements of her technique and relate the work to dance history and contemporary practice.
Duncan Residency: School of Creative and Performing Arts, Lexington, KY
January 2017
The SCAPA Dance Department is proud and excited to be hosting a residency program with choreographer Meg Brooker from Middle Tennessee State University. Our residency will provide all dance majors with technique classes and will also provide an opportunity to be part of the choreographic process for a piece for Dance SCAPA 2017.
Guest Performances in Greece
July 2016
During the summer of 2016, Meg Brooker danced as a guest with Lori Belilove & the Isadora Duncan Dance Company as part of the 44th CID World Congress on Dance at the Dora Stratou Theatre in Athens, Greece, and for a residency at the Samos School of Dance. She also appeared with Barbara Kane's Isadora Duncan Dance Group London/Paris at the Kalamata International Dance Festival.
Center for Hellenic Studies, Harvard University
April 2016
"Maenads & Muses: A Celebration of the Dances of Isadora Duncan & the Greek Ideal" brings together the artistic and the scholarly with performances of Isadora Duncan dances as well as discussions of the influence of the Greek aesthetic and philosophy.
Women in Dance Leadership Conference Highlight: Meg Brooker
October 29-November 1, 2015
Our mission is to investigate, explore, and reflect on women’s leadership by representing innovative and multicultural dance work to celebrate, develop, and promote women’s leadership in dance making, dance related fields, and other male dominated professions.
Dancestry at Texas State University
September 11-12, 2015
Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, Erick Hawkins: Dance aficionados recognize these late choreographers as having played a significant role in the foundation and development of American modern dance. What if audiences could see works by each of these historic dancemakers on one program? In Dancestry, showing Sept. 11-12 at Texas State University’s Patti Strickel Harrison Theatre, you can.
Dancestry, Austin, TX
May 22-23, 2015
Shay Ishii Dance Company presents Dancestry, a celebration of artistic heritage and revival of historic dance, for three performances at the Rollins Studio Theatre, May 22-23. Dancestry features legacy works of American Modern Dance, originally created by artists Loïe Fuller, Isadora Duncan, and Erick Hawkins. Additionally, Dancestry will feature new works choreographed by the lead artists in their respective legacy techniques. Lead artists include Shay Ishii, Artistic Director of the Shay Ishii Dance Company, Katherine Duke, Artistic Director of the Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Meg Brooker, Artistic Director of Thel Dance Theatre, and Jessica Lindberg of Lindberg/Slayter Reconstructions.
June 2013
Television interview promoting guest artist appearances and performance at the Tchaikovsky Museum in Votkinsk.