about me
biography
Megan Trappe is currently a Senior pursuing both a B.F.A. in Contemporary Dance and a B.A. in English at Indiana University. Originally from Muncie, IN she has been dancing for the majority of her life and has been trained in a plethora of dance styles.
Thus far, Megan has performed in faculty works by Robert Burden and Elizabeth Shea in the Journeys of Joy (2022), Cultural Immersion (2023), and Reconstructed/Reframed winter showcases. She has choreographed in the Junior Choreographic Performance Project (2023) as well as the SLIP student choreography showcase (2022, 23).
Megan has had the privilege of being part of other performances such as the Moving Memory: Next Generation showcase in New York City where she performed work Koto by Picabo Saunders (June 2024). She has participated in Movement at the Mies, an independent project by Frances Koper Heintzelman (Oct. 2022), and a Main Stage theatre production of The Winter’s Tale as a dancer in February 2022. She has also worked with peers to perform in JCPP (Nov. 2021, 22, 23), the New Moves/New Directions Senior Capstone Showcase (April 2022, 23, 24), SLIP (April 2022, 23), and Advanced Choreographic Investigations (2021, 24).
In the summer of 2023, she attended and trained at the Bates Dance Festival with artists Jenna Riegel, Antonio Ramos, Gesel Mason, Cynthia Oliver, Xan Burley, and Alex Springer. Currently, she is completing a thesis for her English B.A. investigating the connection between the works of dancer Isadora Duncan and writer H.D. through the lens of ecstatic vision, modernism, and mythology.
artistic statement
As an artist, I am consistently exploring ways in which I can intertwine movement, writing, and visual arts to create work that, above all, honors and showcases the creative process. In my work I strive to find unique ways to unearth and showcase the similarities that can be drawn between each of my creative facets. ​​
I am inspired by art and artists that do not have any reservations when it comes to the boundaries they put on work; I think that art has a duty to challenge everyone that interacts with it to see the subject matter in a different light. I use literature that resonates with me and prose of my own to influence movement I create, as well as visual arts such as painting and collaging. The process of creation is one I value greatly; it tells us the most about ourselves and gives us a space to be completely uninhibited in exploration.
Whether working collaboratively or individually the bulk of the emphasis I put on my work lands on the process itself, and the ways in which the project was nurtured and evolved into its own entity over time. When starting a new project, I do not ask myself what the end result will be, but rather what I am interested in investigating – this allows for the influence of visual, literary, and movement-based arts to take hold of the process and help me to find an answer to the inquiry I posed.