Meghann Michalsky is an independent Dance Artist working in Calgary, Alberta.

Ms. Michalsky completed her BA in Contemporary Dance, concentration in Choreography and Performance from the University of Calgary. Since graduating she has rigourously pursued her dance technique training in Canada as well as in Israel, Portugal, Sweden, the U.K., the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, and Austria.

She is the Artistic Director of YYC Contemporary Technique Training – a professional training series and the co-Artistic Director of Project InTandem – a double-bill dance production that has been produced for three years. She received the 2019 RBC Emerging Artist Award at the Mayor's Lunch for Arts Champions. She is the first Dancer/Choreographer in Alberta to receive this award.

Michalsky has worked for an array of individual artists and companies, including Karissa Barry, Laja Feild of LajaMartin, Davida Monk, Linnea Swan, Michele Moss, kloetzel&co, Cloudsway Dance Theatre, Dancing Monkey Laboratories, J-Sik Movements, & Dancers' Studio West - Lab Emerging Artist Program (2016) & Physic/Alchemy (2018), amongst others.

Between 2014 and the present, Michalsky has created fourteen new works.  Seven of these were major works between 20 – 35 minutes in duration. All of them were professionally produced by dance organizations and festivals, or self-produced, in Alberta, and one piece was presented abroad at the 2016 artArctia Festival in Finland.  Her most recent choreographic works have been presented at Dance Made in Canada | fait au Canada, artsPlace, University of Calgary, Chutzpah Festival, Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre, Mile Zero Dance, Citadel + Compagnie & abroad in Finland.

She has received funding from Calgary Arts Development, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada Council for the Arts and has been awarded Choreographic Residencies from the Centro Jobel (Italy), Vitlycke Arts Centre (Sweden), New Dance Horizons (Regina), University of Calgary, W & M Dance Projects, Theatre Junction, Dancers’ Studio West and DJD Dance Centre. She has been on the jury for Calgary Arts Development.

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