{"id":4015,"date":"2021-09-25T07:41:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-25T07:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/?p=4015"},"modified":"2021-09-25T07:41:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T07:41:56","slug":"megan-castro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/megan-castro\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Castro"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Megan Castro<\/strong>
\nAn improvisation movement dancer from South Carolina.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”What is your dancing style?” open=”true”]Improvisation based movement. Much of my movement has been inspired by Gaga technique, release technique, and counter technique.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What made you choose this style?” open=”true”]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. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”When and how did you start dancing?” open=”true”]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. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Any memorable dancing experiences?” open=”true”]I\u2019m fortunate to have had many amazing dance experiences. I think it\u2019s the combination of all the experiences that makes me the dancer and person that I am today. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”One person you would like to dance for or with?” open=”true”]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\u2019m 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![\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What does dance mean to you?” open=”true”]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\u2019s what\u2019s 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. [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Do you prefer to perform or teach and why?” open=”true”]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.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”If you weren\u2019t a dancer, what would you have been?” open=”true”]If I wasn\u2019t a dancer, I would have been an elementary school teacher. Dance isn\u2019t really seen as a job where I\u2019m from, so I really didn\u2019t 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.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Describe yourself or your story in under 25 words?” open=”true”]Ordinary with incredible passion. Through mind and body connection, I found freedom and my unique way of moving. This fuels me every day! [\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?” open=”true”]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. [\/vc_toggle][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/tvGUKrso49g”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text single_style=””] Megan Castro An improvisation movement dancer from South Carolina. [\/vc_column_text][vc_toggle title=”What is your dancing style?” open=”true”]Improvisation based movement. Much of my movement has been inspired by Gaga technique, release technique, and counter technique.[\/vc_toggle][vc_toggle title=”What made you choose this style?” open=”true”]I think improvisation movement has always fascinated me. I never felt like I fit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-my-dance-story"},"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4017,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4015\/revisions\/4017"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youcandance.in\/thedancepost\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}