Megan Castro

Improvisation based movement. Much of my movement has been inspired by Gaga technique, release technique, and counter technique.

I think improvisation movement has always fascinated me. I never felt like I fit into one specific style, so I think I was naturally drawn to exploring what my own body and mind had to offer.

I started dancing at a young age and was instantly in love with it. I think I kept dancing more as a hobby, until I realised that I could make dance my living. I continued to study dance in university and I opened up to a whole new world of dance, which I never ever knew existed.

I’m fortunate to have had many amazing dance experiences. I think it’s the combination of all the experiences that makes me the dancer and person that I am today.

I am very fascinated with the work of many renowned choreographers such as Crystal Pite and Ohad Naharin. However, at this moment in my life I’m very fascinated with movement exploration and improvisation. I recently started working with Tanz Compagnie Gervasi, where I have been given the space to develop and share my own movement in the creation process. This has been an absolute dream for me!

Dance has shaped me as a human. It has broken and rebuilt me, so many times throughout my life. I used to think of dance as something separate from me, almost like clothing. But I realized in the past year, how dance is movement, movement is in the body, everyone moves their body. It’s what’s in the mind that results in how movement flows. Dance will always be a part of my life, no matter how little, large, powerful, or light the movement goes through the body.

I prefer to perform because I find the act of physically sharing movement fuels and inspires me the most. However, teaching is incredibly informative and helps me understand my own movement better.

If I wasn’t a dancer, I would have been an elementary school teacher. Dance isn’t really seen as a job where I’m from, so I really didn’t think of it as an option. Thanks to the support of my family, I had the courage to continue to study dance as a career path in university. However, I was not accepted into many of the university dance programs I applied for. I had been rejected by all, until the very last audition at the university of North Carolina School of Arts, and luckily, I was accepted there.

Ordinary with incredible passion. Through mind and body connection, I found freedom and my unique way of moving. This fuels me every day!

I see myself continuing to dance, perform, and research my own movement. I think that I would eventually like to build a company to create my own work and share my ideas through others bodies.